Bill Text: TX HB1546 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to electronic voter registration.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-08 - Referred to Elections [HB1546 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1546-Introduced.html
| 87R5073 ADM-D | ||
| By: Dutton | H.B. No. 1546 | |
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| relating to electronic voter registration. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 13.002, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e-1) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (a) A person desiring to register to vote must submit an | ||
| application to the registrar of the county in which the person | ||
| resides. Except as provided by Subsections [ |
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| (e-1), an application must be submitted by personal delivery, by | ||
| mail, or by telephonic facsimile machine in accordance with | ||
| Sections 13.143(d) and (d-2). | ||
| (e-1) A registrar shall adopt procedures to allow a person | ||
| to complete a voter registration application over the Internet. | ||
| The secretary of state shall review any procedures adopted under | ||
| this section to ensure the procedures comply with the provisions of | ||
| this code. | ||
| SECTION 2. The voter registrar of a county must adopt | ||
| procedures for the acceptance of voter registration applications | ||
| under Section 13.002(e-1), Election Code, as added by this Act, not | ||
| later than September 1, 2021. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
