H.B. No. 4183
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to a waiver of the waiting period for a marriage ceremony.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2.204(c), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (c)  An applicant may request a judge of a court with
  jurisdiction in family law cases, a justice of the supreme court, a
  judge of the court of criminal appeals, a county judge, [or] a judge
  of a court of appeals, an associate judge appointed under Chapter
  201, an associate judge appointed under Chapter 54A, Government
  Code, or a justice of the peace for a written waiver permitting the
  marriage ceremony to take place during the 72-hour period
  immediately following the issuance of the marriage license. If the
  judge, associate judge, or justice finds that there is good cause
  for the marriage to take place during the period, the judge,
  associate judge, or justice shall sign the waiver. Notwithstanding
  any other provision of law, a judge, associate judge, or justice
  under this section has the authority to sign a waiver under this
  section.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a marriage ceremony for which a marriage license application is
  filed on or after the effective date of this Act. A marriage
  ceremony for which a marriage license application is filed before
  the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on
  the date the application was filed, and the former law is continued
  in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4183 was passed by the House on April
  28, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 129, Nays 15, 2 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 4183 on May 26, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 126, Nays 10,
  2 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4183 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 24, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 29, Nays
  1.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor