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.