89R16144 KRM-D
By: Hernandez H.B. No. 4621
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the electronic return of a completed marriage license
to a county clerk by a federal or state judge who conducted the
marriage ceremony.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2.206, Family Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) A current federal judge or state judge, as defined by
Section 2.202, who conducts a marriage ceremony may return the
license as required by Subsection (a) electronically by
electronically scanning the completed license and electronically
submitting the scanned image of the license to the county clerk who
issued the license.
SECTION 2. Section 2.208, Family Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
follows:
(a) The county clerk shall record a returned marriage
license and, except as provided by Subsection (a-1), mail the
license to the address indicated on the application. On request by
the applicants, the county clerk may e-mail the marriage license to
an e-mail address provided to the county clerk by the applicants in
addition to mailing the license.
(a-1) If the county clerk received the returned marriage
license by electronic submission under Section 2.206(a-1), the
clerk shall mail a certified copy of the license to the address
indicated on the application.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.