SB91Introduced in the Senate
Establishes provisions relating to the use of diacritical marks in certain governmental records. (BDR 40-43)
Introduced by Fabian Donate, District 10
What does this bill do?
Plain-English breakdown
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Official description
AN ACT relating to governmental records; authorizing records of the State Registrar of Vital Statistics, each county health officer and the Department of Motor Vehicles to include a diacritical mark used in the name of a person; authorizing licenses, identification cards and driver authorization cards issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles to display a diacritical mark used in the full legal name of a person; and providing other matters properly relating thereto.
Where it stands
(No further action taken.)
June 3, 2025
How did lawmakers vote?
SenateStage: Senate Final Passage · April 18, 2025
20
Yes
0
No
1
Absent or Not Voting
21 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.
See how each senator voted
| Senator | District | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Michelee Cruz-Crawford | 1 | Yes |
| Edgar Flores | 2 | Yes |
| Rochelle Nguyen | 3 | Yes |
| Dina Neal | 4 | Yes |
| Carrie Ann Buck | 5 | Absent |
| Nicole Cannizzaro | 6 | Yes |
| Roberta Lange | 7 | Yes |
| Marilyn Dondero Loop | 8 | Yes |
| Melanie Scheible | 9 | Yes |
| Fabian Donate | 10 | Yes |
Bill history
Prefiled. Referred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure. To printer.
From printer.
Read first time. To committee.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Placed on Second Reading File.
Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 121.)
Reprinting dispensed with.
Placed on General File.
Read third time. Passed, as amended. Title approved, as amended. (Yeas: 20, Nays: None, Absent: 1.) To printer.
From printer. To engrossment. Engrossed. First reprint.
To Assembly.
In Assembly.
Read first time. Referred to Committee on Growth and Infrastructure. To committee.
From committee: Amend, and do pass as amended.
Read second time. Amended. (Amend. No. 709.)
Rereferred to Committee on Ways and Means.
To printer.
Notice of exemption.
From printer. To reengrossment. Reengrossed. Second reprint.
To committee.
(No further action taken.)
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