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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the application for and issuance of a marriage license through the use of remote technology."
+description: "Relating to the application for and issuance of a marriage license through the use of remote technology."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 907"
+citation: "Texas SB 907 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Family--Marriage Relationship (I0350)", "MARRIAGE LICENSES (S0031)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)", "TEXAS JUDICIAL COUNCIL (V0264)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Lambert", "Perry"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 42
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-03-01"
+last_action: "2021-06-16"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04e0f1e0-a896-4c59-afed-e6ac60867a3b"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00900_SB00999/SB 907.xml"
+source_hash: "44fad69cf1e312f42f13b494d4213940050c12e970075fc2d6315b2cf899da59"
+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 SB 907 (87) — Relating to the application for and issuance of a marriage license through the use of remote technology.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00907I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00907E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00907H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00907S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00907F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **136–9** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Lambert — primary (person)
+- Perry — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-01** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2021-03-01** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-11** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-06** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-09** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-09** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-09** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-04-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-19** Laid before the Senate
+- **2021-04-19** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2021-04-19** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-19** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-04-19** Record vote
+- **2021-04-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-19** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-19** Record vote
+- **2021-04-19** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-28** Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-29** Scheduled for formal meeting on . . .
+- **2021-04-29** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-05-07** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-07** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-08** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-20** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-24** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-25** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-25** Record vote
+- **2021-05-25** House passage reported
+- **2021-05-25** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-27** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-27** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-16** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-16** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04e0f1e0-a896-4c59-afed-e6ac60867a3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+