By: Coleman H.B. No. 4297
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a change of name and vital statistics information.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 45, Family Code, is amended
  by adding Section 45.107 to read as follows:
         Sec. 45.107.  CHANGE OF NAME AND VITAL STATISTICS
  INFORMATION.  (a)  A court shall order a change of name for a
  petitioner under this subchapter if the petition is accompanied by
  a sworn affidavit of a licensed physician that the petitioner
  identifies as a gender other than the gender indicated on the
  petitioner's driver's license, birth certificate, or other official
  document.
         (b)  A court that orders a change of name for a petitioner
  under this section shall simultaneously order:
               (1)  that the Department of Public Safety, as soon as
  practicable, change the petitioner's gender on the petitioner's
  driver's license and other identification documents under the
  department's control; and
               (2)  that the Department of State Health Services, on
  receipt of a physician's sworn affidavit that the petitioner
  identifies as a gender other than the gender indicated on the
  petitioner's birth certificate, amend the petitioner's birth
  certificate as provided by Section 192.011, Health and Safety Code,
  to reflect the petitioner's true gender.
         (c)  This section may not be construed to require surgical
  intervention as a prerequisite for a court order under Subsection
  (a) or (b).
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.