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Relating to restrictions on the fee assessed for issuance of certain birth records, the official text

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H.B. No. 4466

AN ACT

relating to restrictions on the fee assessed for issuance of

certain birth records.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 191.0046, Health and Safety Code, is

amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:

(g) The state registrar, a local registrar, or a county

clerk, on request of a county or a child welfare board appointed by

the commissioners court of a county under Section 264.005, Family

Code, shall issue without a fee a certified copy of a birth record

to the county or board if the request is related to a suit affecting

the parent-child relationship filed by a governmental entity under

Subtitle E, Title 5, Family Code.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

______________________________
______________________________

President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 4466 was passed by the House on May

15, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 0, 2 present, not

voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 4466 was passed by the Senate on May

28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

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Governor
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