89R20917 AMF-D     By: Campos, Garcia of Bexar, Noble H.B. No. 2301       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to searches of the state registry of paternity.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 160.422(a), Family Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (a)  The vital statistics unit shall furnish a certificate of   the results of a search of the registry not later than the 10th day   after the date of the receipt of a [on] request by an individual, a   court, or an agency listed in Section 160.412(b).          SECTION 2.  Section 160.422, Family Code, as amended by this   Act, applies only to a request for a search of the state registry of   paternity made on or after the effective date of this Act.  A   request for a search of the state registry of paternity made before   the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on   the date the request was made, and the former law is continued in   effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.