85R8834 SCL-D
By: Coleman H.B. No. 2860
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a change of name and vital statistics information for an
adult.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 45, Family Code, is amended
by adding Section 45.108 to read as follows:
Sec. 45.108. CHANGE OF NAME AND VITAL STATISTICS
INFORMATION. (a) Subject to the eligibility requirements for a
name change under Section 45.103, a court shall order a change of
name under this subchapter for a petitioner whose petition is
accompanied by a sworn affidavit of a licensed physician stating
the petitioner identifies as a gender other than the gender
indicated on the petitioner's driver's license, birth certificate,
or other official document.
(b) A court that orders a change of name for a petitioner
under this section shall simultaneously order:
(1) the Department of Public Safety, as soon as
practicable, to change the petitioner's name and gender on the
petitioner's driver's license and other identification documents
under the department's control; and
(2) the vital statistics unit of the Department of
State Health Services, on receipt of a licensed physician's sworn
affidavit that the petitioner identifies as a gender other than the
gender indicated on the petitioner's birth certificate, to amend
the petitioner's birth certificate in the manner provided by
Section 192.011, Health and Safety Code, to reflect the
petitioner's true gender.
(c) This section may not be construed to require a surgical
procedure as a prerequisite for a court order under Subsection (a)
or (b).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.