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| 1 | 1 | 89R3594 PRL-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Bhojani H.B. No. 1044 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to persons authorized to conduct a marriage ceremony. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Sections 2.202(a) and (b), Family Code, are | |
| 12 | 12 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (a) The following persons are authorized to conduct a | |
| 14 | 14 | marriage ceremony: | |
| 15 | 15 | (1) a licensed or ordained Christian minister or | |
| 16 | 16 | priest; | |
| 17 | 17 | (2) a Jewish rabbi; | |
| 18 | 18 | (3) a Buddhist monk or priest; | |
| 19 | 19 | (4) a Hindu pundit; | |
| 20 | 20 | (5) a Muslim imam; | |
| 21 | 21 | (6) a Sikh granthi; | |
| 22 | 22 | (7) [(3)] a person who [is an officer of a religious | |
| 23 | 23 | organization and who] is authorized by a religious [the] | |
| 24 | 24 | organization to conduct a marriage ceremony; and | |
| 25 | 25 | (8) [(4)] a current, former, or retired federal judge | |
| 26 | 26 | or state judge. | |
| 27 | 27 | (b) For the purposes of Subsection (a)(8) [(a)(4)], | |
| 28 | 28 | "federal judge" and "state judge" have the meanings assigned by | |
| 29 | 29 | Section 25.025, Tax Code. | |
| 30 | 30 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 31 | 31 | to a marriage ceremony that is conducted on or after the effective | |
| 32 | 32 | date of this Act. A marriage ceremony conducted before the | |
| 33 | 33 | effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the | |
| 34 | 34 | date the ceremony was conducted, and the former law is continued in | |
| 35 | 35 | effect for that purpose. | |
| 36 | 36 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |