Bill Text: TX SB1341 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
NOTE: There are more recent revisions of this legislation. Read Latest Draft
Bill Title: Relating to the application review process for certain delayed birth certificates.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-18 - Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) [SB1341 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1341-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the application review process for certain delayed birth certificates.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-18 - Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) [SB1341 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1341-Comm_Sub.html
By: West, Menéndez | S.B. No. 1341 | |
(In the Senate - Filed March 1, 2023; March 16, 2023, read | ||
first time and referred to Committee on Health & Human Services; | ||
April 24, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, | ||
Nays 0; April 24, 2023, sent to printer.) | ||
|
||
|
||
relating to the application review process for certain delayed | ||
birth certificates. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 192.025, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: | ||
(f) The state registrar may not reject an application under | ||
this subchapter based solely on the inclusion of supporting | ||
evidence that contains inconsistent or contradictory information | ||
if, based on the contents of the application as a whole, the state | ||
registrar determines by a preponderance of the evidence the | ||
applicant's identity and place of birth. In making a determination | ||
under this subsection, the state registrar shall consider and give | ||
weight to: | ||
(1) any supporting evidence that raises a legitimate | ||
question as to the applicant's actual place of birth; | ||
(2) the inclusion of a valid driver's license or | ||
personal identification certificate; and | ||
(3) the inclusion of a verified affidavit by a person | ||
with personal knowledge of the applicant's identity. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
* * * * * |