85R8834 SCL-D
 
  By: Coleman H.B. No. 2860
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a change of name and vital statistics information for an
  adult.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 45, Family Code, is amended
  by adding Section 45.108 to read as follows:
         Sec. 45.108.  CHANGE OF NAME AND VITAL STATISTICS
  INFORMATION.  (a)  Subject to the eligibility requirements for a
  name change under Section 45.103, a court shall order a change of
  name under this subchapter for a petitioner whose petition is
  accompanied by a sworn affidavit of a licensed physician stating
  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)  the Department of Public Safety, as soon as
  practicable, to change the petitioner's name and gender on the
  petitioner's driver's license and other identification documents
  under the department's control; and
               (2)  the vital statistics unit of the Department of
  State Health Services, on receipt of a licensed physician's sworn
  affidavit that the petitioner identifies as a gender other than the
  gender indicated on the petitioner's birth certificate, to amend
  the petitioner's birth certificate in the manner 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 a surgical
  procedure as a prerequisite for a court order under Subsection (a)
  or (b).
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.