By: Wu H.B. No. 4079       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT       relating to microfiche, microfilm, or electronic storage of birth   records.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 191.032, Health and Safety Code, is   amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:          (a-1)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), the state registrar   shall arrange and permanently preserve birth certificates for   births occurring on or after January 1, 2015, on microfiche,   microfilm, or an electronic storage media. After transferring a   birth certificate onto microfiche, microfilm, or an electronic   storage media under this subsection, the registrar shall destroy   the original certificate.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.