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 _____________________ Governor