BILL ANALYSIS H.B. 1914 By: Solomons (Cain) State Affairs 5-9-95 Senate Committee Report (Unamended) BACKGROUND Many women may change their last name due to marriage, divorce, or re-marriage. Many county clerks or election administrators, however, will not remove a woman's maiden or former married name from the data and continue to issue the voter's registration card with all names appearing in the clerk's data system. PURPOSE As proposed, H.B. 1914 requires a county clerk or elections administrator to issue a person's voter registration card with the name as it appears on the voter's registration application. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that rulemaking authority is granted to the secretary of state under SECTION 2 (Section 15.001(a)(1), Election Code) of this bill. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Sections 13.002(c) and (d), Election Code, to require a voter registration application to include a person's last and former name, rather than a first name, maiden name, and husband's surname if the applicant is a married woman using the husband's surname. Makes conforming changes. SECTION 2. Amends Section 15.001(a), Election Code, to require each voter registration certificate to contain the voter's name in the form indicated by the voter, subject to applicable requirements prescribed by Section 13.002 and by rule of the secretary of state. SECTION 3. Effective date: September 1, 1995. SECTION 4. Emergency clause.