LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 17, 2025 TO: Honorable Jeff Leach, Chair, House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB1193 by Manuel (Relating to the confidentiality of certain information on a declaration of informal marriage.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. When a declaration and registration of an informal marriage is filed in a county office, the form is sent to the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) through the Texas Electronic Vital Events Registrar (TxEVER) system. DSHS indicates that the agency would incur some additional one-time costs required by the software vendor for modifications to TxEVER to add the checkbox to the marriage module to indicate when it was checked on the informal marriage form and for additional DSHS information technology staff augmentation time to implement changes including user acceptance testing, deploying changes to production, and verifying changes.It is assumed that any costs associated with the bill could be absorbed using existing resources. Local Government ImpactNo significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies: b > td > 537 State Health Services, Department of LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, KDw, ER, APA LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 17, 2025 TO: Honorable Jeff Leach, Chair, House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB1193 by Manuel (Relating to the confidentiality of certain information on a declaration of informal marriage.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted TO: Honorable Jeff Leach, Chair, House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: HB1193 by Manuel (Relating to the confidentiality of certain information on a declaration of informal marriage.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted Honorable Jeff Leach, Chair, House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Honorable Jeff Leach, Chair, House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board HB1193 by Manuel (Relating to the confidentiality of certain information on a declaration of informal marriage.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted HB1193 by Manuel (Relating to the confidentiality of certain information on a declaration of informal marriage.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. When a declaration and registration of an informal marriage is filed in a county office, the form is sent to the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) through the Texas Electronic Vital Events Registrar (TxEVER) system. DSHS indicates that the agency would incur some additional one-time costs required by the software vendor for modifications to TxEVER to add the checkbox to the marriage module to indicate when it was checked on the informal marriage form and for additional DSHS information technology staff augmentation time to implement changes including user acceptance testing, deploying changes to production, and verifying changes.It is assumed that any costs associated with the bill could be absorbed using existing resources. When a declaration and registration of an informal marriage is filed in a county office, the form is sent to the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) through the Texas Electronic Vital Events Registrar (TxEVER) system. DSHS indicates that the agency would incur some additional one-time costs required by the software vendor for modifications to TxEVER to add the checkbox to the marriage module to indicate when it was checked on the informal marriage form and for additional DSHS information technology staff augmentation time to implement changes including user acceptance testing, deploying changes to production, and verifying changes. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies: b > td > 537 State Health Services, Department of 537 State Health Services, Department of LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, KDw, ER, APA JMc, KDw, ER, APA