---
title: BIRTH & DEATH CERTIFICATES - Texas Legislation
subject: BIRTH & DEATH CERTIFICATES
total_bills: 6
unique_authors: 6
critical_bills: 1
high_cost_bills: 1
canonical_url: "https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/birth-death-certificates"
source: JD Key Consulting - Texas Legislative Intelligence
---

# BIRTH & DEATH CERTIFICATES

Legislative subject area in the Texas 89th Legislature

## Overview

- **Total Bills:** 6
- **Unique Authors:** 6
- **Critical Compliance:** 1 bills
- **High Cost Impact:** 1 bills
- **Bipartisan Bills:** 4

## Chamber Breakdown

- **Senate:** 3 bills
- **Senate:** 3 bills

## Compliance Urgency Distribution

- **Critical:** 1 bills
- **Moderate:** 1 bills
- **Low:** 3 bills
- **Unanalyzed:** 1 bills

## Top Authors in This Subject

- **David Cook** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Hillary Hickland** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Juan Hinojosa** (D, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Mayes Middleton** (R, Senate) - 1 bills
- **Ray Lopez** (D, House) - 1 bills
- **Royce West** (D, Senate) - 1 bills

## Related Subjects

- [Family](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/family) (3 shared bills)
- [Health](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/health) (3 shared bills)
- [Courts](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/courts) (2 shared bills)
- [STATE HEALTH SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/state-health-services-department-of) (2 shared bills)
- [Health--General](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/health-general) (2 shared bills)
- [Courts--General](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/courts-general) (2 shared bills)
- [VITAL STATISTICS & RECORDS](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/vital-statistics-records) (2 shared bills)
- [State Agencies, Boards & Commissions](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/state-agencies-boards-commissions) (1 shared bills)

## Enforcing Agencies

- [Department of State Health Services](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/department-of-state-health-services) - 2 bills
- [Texas Department of Criminal Justice](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-department-of-criminal-justice) - 1 bills
- [Office of the Attorney General](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/office-of-the-attorney-general) - 1 bills
- [County Clerks](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/county-clerks) - 1 bills
- [Texas Veterans Commission](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-veterans-commission) - 1 bills

## High Impact Bills

| Bill | Title | Urgency | Cost |
|------|-------|---------|------|
| [SB8](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb8-89th-2nd-special) | Relating to the designation and use of cer... | Critical | High |

## All Bills

| Bill | Title | Author | Compliance |
|------|-------|--------|------------|
| [SB8](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb8-89th-2nd-special) | Relating to the designation and use o... | Mayes Middleton (R) | Critical |
| [HB1973](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1973-89th-regular) | Relating to proof of the identity of ... | David Cook (R) | - |
| [HB39](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb39-89th-regular) | Relating to information and data rega... | Ray Lopez (D) | Low |
| [HB4466](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4466-89th-regular) | Relating to restrictions on the fee a... | Hillary Hickland (R) | Low |
| [SB1467](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1467-89th-regular) | Relating to death records maintained ... | Juan Hinojosa (D) | Moderate |
| [SB227](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb227-89th-regular) | Relating to the application review pr... | Royce West (D) | Low |

## Source Links

- [Full Interactive Analysis](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/birth-death-certificates)
- [All Texas Subjects](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subjects)

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