By: Guillen H.B. No. 2453
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the issuance of digital licenses by a licensing agency.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 59, Occupations Code, is
  amended by adding Section 59.002 to read as follows:
         Sec. 59.002.  A DIGITAL LICENSE. (a) A licensing agency may
  issue a digital license, certificate of registration or other legal
  authorization. If a licensing agency provides a digital license,
  the rules must provide that:
               (1)  the digital license be in a secure format and
  readily accessible by the license holder through an Internet
  website and on a wireless communication device;
               (2)  the public be able to view a license holder 's
  digital license through an Internet website or a Quick Response
  code; and
               (3)  if the department contracts with a vendor for the
  issuance of a digital license, the digital license be in a format in
  which the vendor and the department can verify the validity of the
  license.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.