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AN ACT
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relating to restrictions on the fee assessed for issuance of |
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certain birth records. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 191.0046, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: |
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(g) The state registrar, a local registrar, or a county |
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clerk, on request of a county or a child welfare board appointed by |
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the commissioners court of a county under Section 264.005, Family |
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Code, shall issue without a fee a certified copy of a birth record |
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to the county or board if the request is related to a suit affecting |
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the parent-child relationship filed by a governmental entity under |
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Subtitle E, Title 5, Family Code. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 4466 was passed by the House on May |
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15, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 4466 was passed by the Senate on May |
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28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |