Senate Bill 2186
Senate Author: Zaffirini
Effective: 9-1-23
House Sponsor: Thompson, Senfronia
Senate Bill 2186 repeals the Texas Anatomical Gift Act, which provides for the execution of an anatomical gift made by a document, including a statement or symbol in an online donor registry. The bill amends the Health and Safety Code to instead authorize a donor or other person authorized to make an anatomical gift under the Revised Uniform Anatomical Gift Act to make a gift through an online registry in substantially the same manner as in the repealed provisions. Furthermore, the bill gives an individual signing a record relating to an anatomical gift at the direction of a donor or other individual, as applicable, who is physically unable to sign the record the option of having the record acknowledged before a notary public as an alternative to signing the record before at least two qualifying witnesses.