Bill Text: TX HB154 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 154 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the recording of certain personal information of voters by election officials.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-13 - Referred to Elections [HB154 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB154-Introduced.html

	86R1708 JRJ-F

	By: Swanson	H.B. No. 154



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the recording of certain personal information of voters
	by election officials.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Chapter 63, Election Code, is amended by adding
	Section 63.0015 to read as follows:
	Sec. 63.0015. RECORDED DOCUMENTATION OF CERTAIN PERSONAL
	INFORMATION. (a) An election officer may copy documentation
	presented by a voter under Section 63.001(b) or record information
	from the documentation.
	(b) An election officer may photograph the entire face of a
	voter who is accepted for voting under this chapter if:
	(1) the documentation presented by a voter under
	Section 63.001(b) is not documentation issued by the Department of
	Public Safety containing the person's photograph; or
	(2) the election official questions the authenticity
	of the documentation presented by a voter under Section 63.001(b),
	regardless of whether the documentation is issued by the Department
	of Public Safety and contains the person's photograph.
	(c) A voter may only be photographed under this section
	while being accepted for voting and may not be photographed while
	the voter is occupying a voting station.
	(d) Information copied or recorded under this section,
	including a photograph produced under Subsection (b), is
	confidential except for use in a criminal investigation or
	prosecution or a civil court proceeding.
	(e) All information collected under this section shall be
	provided to the secretary of state for election-related purposes.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.