88R23391 PRL-F
 
  By: Bhojani, Lujan, Moody, Talarico, Leach, H.B. No. 1884
      et al.
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to persons authorized to conduct a marriage ceremony.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 2.202(a), (b), and (b-1), Family Code,
  are amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The following persons are authorized to conduct a
  marriage ceremony:
               (1)  a licensed or ordained Christian minister or
  priest;
               (2)  a Jewish rabbi;
               (3)  a Buddhist monk or priest;
               (4)  a Hindu pundit;
               (5)  a Muslim imam;
               (6)  a Sikh granthi;
               (7) [(3)]  a person who [is an officer of a religious
  organization and who] is authorized by a religious [the]
  organization to conduct a marriage ceremony;
               (8) [(4)]  a justice of the supreme court, judge of the
  court of criminal appeals, justice of the courts of appeals, judge
  of the district, county, and probate courts, judge of the county
  courts at law, judge of the courts of domestic relations, judge of
  the juvenile courts, retired justice or judge of those courts,
  justice of the peace, retired justice of the peace, judge of a
  municipal court, retired judge of a municipal court, associate
  judge of a statutory probate court, retired associate judge of a
  statutory probate court, associate judge of a county court at law,
  retired associate judge of a county court at law, or judge or
  magistrate of a federal court of this state; and
               (9) [(5)]  a retired judge or magistrate of a federal
  court of this state.
         (b)  For the purposes of Subsection (a)(8) [(a)(4)], a
  retired judge or justice is a former judge or justice who is vested
  in the Judicial Retirement System of Texas Plan One or the Judicial
  Retirement System of Texas Plan Two or who has an aggregate of at
  least 12 years of service as judge or justice of any type listed in
  Subsection (a)(8) [(a)(4)].
         (b-1)  For the purposes of Subsection (a)(9) [(a)(5)], a
  retired judge or magistrate is a former judge or magistrate of a
  federal court of this state who is fully vested in the Federal
  Employees Retirement System under 28 U.S.C. Section 371 or 377.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a marriage ceremony that is conducted on or after the effective
  date of this Act. A marriage ceremony conducted before the
  effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
  date the ceremony was conducted, and the former law is continued in
  effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.