---
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).