By: Neave, Swanson, Bucy H.B. No. 2075
(Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini)
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2019;
May 7, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on State
Affairs; May 14, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 14, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the form of a candidate's name on a ballot.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 52.031, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) A person may use any surname acquired by law or
marriage.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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