Bill Text: TX HB194 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to allowing a person who will be 18 years of age on the date of the general election for state and county officers to vote in the preceding primary elections.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-09 - Filed [HB194 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB194-Introduced.html
| By: Crockett | H.B. No. 194 | |
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| relating to allowing a person who will be 18 years of age on the date | ||
| of the general election for state and county officers to vote in the | ||
| preceding primary elections. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 13.001, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsections (d) and (e) | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (a) To be eligible for registration as a voter in this | ||
| state, a person must: | ||
| (1) except as provided by Subsection (d), be 18 years | ||
| of age or older; | ||
| (2) be a United States citizen; | ||
| (3) not have been determined by a final judgment of a | ||
| court exercising probate jurisdiction to be: | ||
| (A) totally mentally incapacitated; or | ||
| (B) partially mentally incapacitated without the | ||
| right to vote; | ||
| (4) not have been finally convicted of a felony or, if | ||
| so convicted, must have: | ||
| (A) fully discharged the person's sentence, | ||
| including any term of incarceration, parole, or supervision, or | ||
| completed a period of probation ordered by any court; or | ||
| (B) been pardoned or otherwise released from the | ||
| resulting disability to vote; and | ||
| (5) be a resident of the county in which application | ||
| for registration is made. | ||
| (b) Except as provided by Subsection (d), to [ |
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| eligible to apply for registration, a person must, on the date the | ||
| registration application is submitted to the registrar, be at least | ||
| 17 years and 10 months of age and satisfy the requirements of | ||
| Subsection (a) except for age. | ||
| (d) A person who will be 18 years of age or older on the date | ||
| of the next general election for state and county officers is | ||
| eligible to register as a voter in this state for the purposes of | ||
| voting in the primary election to determine a political party's | ||
| nominees for the general election if the person satisfies the | ||
| requirements of Subsection (a) except for age. The secretary of | ||
| state shall prescribe procedures necessary to implement this | ||
| subsection. | ||
| (e) The voter registrar may send a written notice to each | ||
| person who registers to vote under Subsection (d) stating that the | ||
| person is only eligible to vote in a primary election or runoff | ||
| primary election and that the person is not eligible to vote in any | ||
| other election until the person is 18 years of age. The notice may | ||
| list the elections in which the person is not eligible to vote. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 172, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 172.005 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 172.005. VOTING BY PERSON UNDER AGE 18. (a) | ||
| Notwithstanding Section 11.001, a person may vote in a primary | ||
| election if the person: | ||
| (1) will be 18 years of age or older on the date of the | ||
| subsequent general election for state and county officers; and | ||
| (2) satisfies the requirements for being a qualified | ||
| voter except for age. | ||
| (b) The secretary of state, after consulting with the state | ||
| chairman of each political party required to make nominations by | ||
| primary election, shall prescribe the procedures necessary to | ||
| implement this section. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on the date on which the | ||
| constitutional amendment proposed by the 87th Legislature, Regular | ||
| Session, 2021, authorizing a person who will be 18 years of age or | ||
| older on the date of the general election for state and county | ||
| officers to vote in the preceding primary election takes effect. If | ||
| that amendment is not approved by the voters, this Act has no | ||
| effect. | ||
