Supplement: TX HB636 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Fiscal Note (House Committee Report)
For additional supplements on Texas HB636 please see the Bill Drafting List
Bill Title: Relating to the applicability to election judges of a prohibition on the carrying of a concealed handgun at a polling place.
Status: 2023-05-09 - Referred to State Affairs [HB636 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB636-Fiscal_Note_House_Committee_Report_.html
Bill Title: Relating to the applicability to election judges of a prohibition on the carrying of a concealed handgun at a polling place.
Status: 2023-05-09 - Referred to State Affairs [HB636 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB636-Fiscal_Note_House_Committee_Report_.html
| TO: |
Honorable Ryan Guillen, Chair, House Committee on Community Safety, Select |
| FROM: |
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
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| IN RE: |
HB636 by Patterson (Relating to the applicability to election judges of a prohibition on the carrying of a handgun at a polling place.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted |
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would exempt an election judge or certain persons serving as an election judge who are licensed to carry a handgun from the applicability of the prohibition from carrying a handgun on the premises of a polling place on the day of an election or while early voting is in progress.
The Office of Court Administration anticipates no significant fiscal impact to the state court system. It is assumed that any impact on state correctional populations or on the demand for state correctional resources would not be significant.
The Office of Court Administration anticipates no significant fiscal impact to the state court system. It is assumed that any impact on state correctional populations or on the demand for state correctional resources would not be significant.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
| Source Agencies: | 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council, 304 Comptroller of Public Accounts, 307 Secretary of State, 405 Department of Public Safety |
| LBB Staff: | JMc, DDel, LBO, DGI |
