Bill Text: TX HB1850 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the signature required on an application for voter registration.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-07 - Referred to Elections [HB1850 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1850-Introduced.html
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By: DeAyala | H.B. No. 1850 |
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relating to the signature required on an application for voter | ||
registration. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 13.002(a) and (b), Election Code, are | ||
amended 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 Subsection (e), an application must | ||
be submitted by personal delivery or [ |
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(b) Except for a registration application submitted to the | ||
Department of Public Safety in accordance with other law, a [ |
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registration application must be in writing and signed by the | ||
applicant using ink on paper, and an electronic signature or | ||
photocopied signature is not permitted. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 13.143(d), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(d) For purposes of determining the effective date of a | ||
registration, an application submitted by[ |
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registrar on the date it is placed with postage prepaid and properly | ||
addressed in the United States mail[ |
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SECTION 3. Section 13.143(d-2), Election Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act applies to an | ||
application for voter registration submitted on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. An application for voter registration | ||
submitted before the effective date of this Act is governed by the | ||
law in effect when the application was submitted, and the former law | ||
is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |