Bill Text: TX HB1885 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to providing voters access to a restroom facility at a polling place.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-16 - Filed [HB1885 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB1885-Introduced.html
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| By: Lalani | H.B. No. 1885 | |
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| relating to providing voters access to a restroom facility at a | ||
| polling place. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 43, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 43.035 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 43.035. RESTROOM FACILITY IN POLLING PLACE. (a) A | ||
| polling place must provide an accessible restroom to voters, | ||
| election workers, and volunteers during the hours the polling place | ||
| is open for voting. The polling place must maintain visible signage | ||
| to indicate the location of the restroom. | ||
| (b) If a polling place does not maintain a permanent | ||
| restroom facility accessible to the public, the county or political | ||
| subdivision responsible for the polling place shall provide a | ||
| temporary restroom, in compliance with the Americans with | ||
| Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Section 12131 et seq.), that is | ||
| readily accessible by a voter at the polling place. | ||
| (c) Election materials distributed at a polling place must | ||
| include information about restroom access. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
