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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the requirements for a change of name for a person with a final felony conviction or a person required to register as a sex offender."
+description: "Relating to the requirements for a change of name for a person with a final felony conviction or a person required to register as a sex offender."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 2623"
+citation: "Texas HB 2623 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "Family--General (I0354)", "CHANGED & ASSUMED NAMES (S0253)", "CRIMINAL RECORDS (S0008)", "SEXUAL OFFENDERS (S0099)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["White", "Whitmire"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 44
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-02-27"
+last_action: "2019-05-25"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8ca8be1f-5c57-4451-a656-9d84d858b0c3"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02600_HB02699/HB 2623.xml"
+source_hash: "f1ea1027c9d54ca37af1c764cee59ed6da0affd94315717577c5fa5591d21fc8"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
+---
+
+# Texas HB 2623 (86) — Relating to the requirements for a change of name for a person with a final felony conviction or a person required to register as a sex offender.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB02623I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- White — primary (person)
+- Whitmire — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-27** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-11** Referred to Corrections `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-21** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-21** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-03-21** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-04-08** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-04-09** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-09** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-10** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-23** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-25** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-04-29** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-29** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-30** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-30** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-30** Record vote
+- **2019-04-30** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-30** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-05-01** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-08** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-09** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-09** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-09** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-15** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-15** Laid before the Senate
+- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-15** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-15** Record vote
+- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-15** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-15** Record vote
+- **2019-05-15** Senate passage reported
+- **2019-05-15** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-16** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-16** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-05-25** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-25** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8ca8be1f-5c57-4451-a656-9d84d858b0c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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