By: Neave, Swanson, Bucy | H.B. No. 2075 | |
(Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) | ||
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2019; | ||
May 7, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on State | ||
Affairs; May 14, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: | ||
Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 14, 2019, sent to printer.) | ||
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relating to the form of a candidate's name on a ballot. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 52.031, Election Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) A person may use any surname acquired by law or | ||
marriage. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
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