Bill Text: TX SB235 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 235

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to persons authorized to conduct a marriage ceremony.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-15 - Referred to State Affairs [SB235 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB235-Introduced.html

	88R3039 AMF-D

	By: Hinojosa	S.B. No. 235



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to persons authorized to conduct a marriage ceremony.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 2.202(a), Family Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(a) The following persons are authorized to conduct a
	marriage ceremony:
	(1) a licensed or ordained Christian minister or
	priest;
	(2) a Jewish rabbi;
	(3) a person who is an officer of a religious
	organization and who is authorized by the organization to conduct a
	marriage ceremony;
	(4) a justice of the supreme court, judge of the court
	of criminal appeals, justice of the courts of appeals, judge of the
	district, county, and probate courts, judge of the county courts at
	law, judge of the courts of domestic relations, judge of the
	juvenile courts, retired justice or judge of those courts, justice
	of the peace, retired justice of the peace, judge of a municipal
	court, retired judge of a municipal court, associate judge of a
	statutory probate court, retired associate judge of a statutory
	probate court, associate judge of a county court at law, retired
	associate judge of a county court at law, master or magistrate
	appointed under Chapter 54, Government Code, or judge or magistrate
	of a federal court of this state; and
	(5) a retired judge or magistrate of a federal court of
	this state.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.