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| 1 | 1 | 89R3819 RDR-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Middleton S.B. No. 416 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to proof of United States citizenship for the issuance or | |
| 10 | 10 | renewal of a personal automobile insurance policy. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Chapter 1951, Insurance Code, is amended by | |
| 13 | 13 | adding Section 1951.005 to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | Sec. 1951.005. PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED. An insurer, | |
| 15 | 15 | including a county mutual insurance company, may not deliver, issue | |
| 16 | 16 | for delivery, or renew in this state a personal automobile | |
| 17 | 17 | insurance policy unless the proposed insured provides to the | |
| 18 | 18 | insurer one of the following documents as proof of United States | |
| 19 | 19 | citizenship: | |
| 20 | 20 | (1) an unexpired passport issued to the insured; | |
| 21 | 21 | (2) a certified copy of a birth certificate or other | |
| 22 | 22 | document confirming the insured's birth that is admissible in a | |
| 23 | 23 | court of law and establishes the insured's identity; or | |
| 24 | 24 | (3) United States citizenship papers issued to the | |
| 25 | 25 | insured. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 27 | 27 | to a personal automobile insurance policy that is delivered, issued | |
| 28 | 28 | for delivery, or renewed on or after January 1, 2026. | |
| 29 | 29 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |