Bill Text: TX HB1180 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to voting a limited ballot on election day following the change of the county of residence by a voter.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB1180 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB1180-Introduced.html
By: Hinojosa | H.B. No. 1180 |
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relating to voting a limited ballot on election day following the | ||
change of the county of residence by a voter. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 112.002(a) and (d), Election Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) After changing residence to another county, a person is | ||
eligible to vote a limited ballot by personal appearance during the | ||
early voting period, on election day, or by mail if: | ||
(1) the person would have been eligible to vote in the | ||
county of former residence on election day if still residing in that | ||
county; | ||
(2) the person is registered to vote in the county of | ||
former residence at the time the person: | ||
(A) offers to vote in the county of new | ||
residence; or | ||
(B) submitted a voter registration application | ||
in the county of new residence; and | ||
(3) a voter registration for the person in the county | ||
of new residence is not effective on or before election day. | ||
(d) A statement executed under Subsection (c) shall be | ||
submitted: | ||
(1) to an election officer at the main early voting | ||
polling place, if the person is voting by personal appearance; [ |
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(2) to a person designated by the early voting clerk at | ||
the location used for the main early voting polling place, if the | ||
person is voting on election day; or | ||
(3) with the person's application for a ballot to be | ||
voted by mail, if the person is voting by mail. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 112.006, Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 112.006. PLACE FOR VOTING BY PERSONAL APPEARANCE OR ON | ||
ELECTION DAY. A person may vote a limited ballot by personal | ||
appearance only at the main early voting polling place. A person | ||
may vote a limited ballot on election day only at the location of | ||
the main early voting polling place. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 112.010(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) If early voting by personal appearance is conducted by | ||
voting machine, the early voting clerk may conduct the personal | ||
appearance voting of limited ballots by using official ballots for | ||
early voting by mail. The early voting clerk may conduct voting of | ||
limited ballots on election day at the location of the main early | ||
voting polling place by using official ballots for early voting by | ||
mail. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |