BILL ANALYSIS S.B. 911 By: Huffman County Affairs Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Interested parties note that certain county clerks have raised concerns regarding their sincerely held religious beliefs with regard to the signing of marriage licenses for certain individuals and with regard to their name on the marriage license application. S.B. 911 seeks to address this issue by setting out provisions relating to the form of a marriage license and an application for a marriage license. CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS S.B. 911 amends the Family Code to require a marriage license issued by a county clerk to identify the county in which the license is issued, and to prohibit the license from specifying the county clerk's name. S.B. 911 amends the Health and Safety Code to prohibit the Department of State Health Services form used for the marriage license application from requiring that the county clerk's name appear on the application and to require the form to require identification of the county in which the application is submitted. EFFECTIVE DATE January 1, 2018.
BILL ANALYSIS
# BILL ANALYSIS
S.B. 911
By: Huffman
County Affairs
Committee Report (Unamended)
S.B. 911
By: Huffman
County Affairs
Committee Report (Unamended)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Interested parties note that certain county clerks have raised concerns regarding their sincerely held religious beliefs with regard to the signing of marriage licenses for certain individuals and with regard to their name on the marriage license application. S.B. 911 seeks to address this issue by setting out provisions relating to the form of a marriage license and an application for a marriage license.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS S.B. 911 amends the Family Code to require a marriage license issued by a county clerk to identify the county in which the license is issued, and to prohibit the license from specifying the county clerk's name. S.B. 911 amends the Health and Safety Code to prohibit the Department of State Health Services form used for the marriage license application from requiring that the county clerk's name appear on the application and to require the form to require identification of the county in which the application is submitted.
EFFECTIVE DATE January 1, 2018.
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Interested parties note that certain county clerks have raised concerns regarding their sincerely held religious beliefs with regard to the signing of marriage licenses for certain individuals and with regard to their name on the marriage license application. S.B. 911 seeks to address this issue by setting out provisions relating to the form of a marriage license and an application for a marriage license.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
ANALYSIS
S.B. 911 amends the Family Code to require a marriage license issued by a county clerk to identify the county in which the license is issued, and to prohibit the license from specifying the county clerk's name.
S.B. 911 amends the Health and Safety Code to prohibit the Department of State Health Services form used for the marriage license application from requiring that the county clerk's name appear on the application and to require the form to require identification of the county in which the application is submitted.
EFFECTIVE DATE
January 1, 2018.