Bill Text: TX HB809 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to the execution of a waiver of citation by digitized signature in a suit for the dissolution of a marriage.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2025-05-05 - Referred to State Affairs [HB809 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB809-Engrossed.html

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89R1612 AMF-F
By: Thompson H.B. No. 809

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the execution of a waiver of citation by digitized
signature in a suit for the dissolution of a marriage.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 6.4035(e), Family Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(e) The party executing the waiver may [not] sign the waiver
using a digitized signature.
SECTION 2. Section 406.026, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 406.026. ELECTRONIC NOTARIZATION. In a proceeding
filed under Title 1 or 5, Family Code, if a signature is required to
be notarized, acknowledged, verified, or made under oath, the
requirement may be satisfied if the electronic signature of the
person authorized to perform that act, together with all other
information required to be included by other applicable law, is
attached to or logically associated with the signature required to
be notarized, acknowledged, verified, or made under oath.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies to a
waiver of citation executed in a suit for dissolution of a marriage
that is pending in a trial court on the effective date of this Act or
that is filed on or after that date.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.