H.B. No. 2301
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to a change of name for participants in the address
  confidentiality program administered by the office of the attorney
  general.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 45.102, Family Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  A petitioner is not required to provide the street
  address of the petitioner's place of residence or the petitioner's
  reason for the requested change of name as otherwise required by
  Subsection (a) if the petitioner provides a copy of an
  authorization card certifying in accordance with Article 58.059,
  Code of Criminal Procedure, that the petitioner is a participant in
  the address confidentiality program administered by the attorney
  general under Subchapter B, Chapter 58, Code of Criminal Procedure.
         SECTION 2.  Section 45.103, Family Code, is amended by
  adding Subsections (a-1) and (c-1) to read as follows:
         (a-1)  For purposes of Subsection (a), it is presumed that a
  change of name is in the interest or to the benefit of the
  petitioner and in the interest of the public if the petitioner
  provides a copy of an authorization card certifying in accordance
  with Article 58.059, Code of Criminal Procedure, that the
  petitioner is a participant in the address confidentiality program
  administered by the attorney general under Subchapter B, Chapter
  58, Code of Criminal Procedure.
         (c-1)  An order issued under this section to change the name
  of a petitioner described by Subsection (a-1) is confidential and
  may not be released by the court to any person, regardless of
  whether the petitioner continues to participate in the address
  confidentiality program following the change of name under this
  subchapter.
         SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a petition for a change of name that is submitted on or after the
  effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2301 was passed by the House on May 6,
  2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2301 was passed by the Senate on May
  19, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor