Bill Text: TX HB2075 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the form of a candidate's name on a ballot.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB2075 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2075-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2075 | ||
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| 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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2075 was passed by the House on May 3, | ||
| 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 2, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2075 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
