Bill Text: TX HB1945 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to voter education for residents of certain long-term care facilities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-15 - Referred to Elections [HB1945 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1945-Introduced.html
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| By: Crockett | H.B. No. 1945 | |
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| relating to voter education for residents of certain long-term care | ||
| facilities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 31, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 31.0125 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 31.0125. VOTER EDUCATION PAMPHLET FOR LONG-TERM CARE | ||
| FACILITY RESIDENTS. (a) In this section, "long-term care | ||
| facility" means a facility licensed under Chapter 242, 247, or 252, | ||
| Health and Safety Code. | ||
| (b) The secretary of state shall develop a voter education | ||
| pamphlet for long-term care facility residents. The pamphlet must | ||
| include information on: | ||
| (1) a resident's voting rights, including information | ||
| contained in the notice of voters' rights publicized under Section | ||
| 62.0115; and | ||
| (2) the voting process, including general information | ||
| on common deceptive practices and disenfranchisement methods that | ||
| may occur during the voting process. | ||
| (c) The secretary of state shall make the voter education | ||
| pamphlet available on the secretary's Internet website. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 242, Health and Safety | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 242.020 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 242.020. VOTER EDUCATION FOR RESIDENTS. (a) In this | ||
| section, "voter education pamphlet" means the voter education | ||
| pamphlet for long-term care facility residents developed by the | ||
| secretary of state under Section 31.0125, Election Code. | ||
| (b) A nursing facility employee shall, not later than the | ||
| 30th day before the date of an election in which residents are | ||
| generally eligible to vote and using information contained in the | ||
| voter education pamphlet as a reference, inform each resident, | ||
| verbally and in an audible and intelligible manner, of the | ||
| resident's voting rights and the voting process. | ||
| (c) Each nursing facility shall make copies of the voter | ||
| education pamphlet available in common areas of the facility. | ||
| SECTION 3. Subchapter D, Chapter 247, Health and Safety | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 247.072 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 247.072. VOTER EDUCATION FOR RESIDENTS. (a) In this | ||
| section, "voter education pamphlet" means the voter education | ||
| pamphlet for long-term care facility residents developed by the | ||
| secretary of state under Section 31.0125, Election Code. | ||
| (b) An assisted living facility employee shall, not later | ||
| than the 30th day before the date of an election in which facility | ||
| residents are generally eligible to vote and using information | ||
| contained in the voter education pamphlet as a reference, inform | ||
| each resident, verbally and in an audible and intelligible manner, | ||
| of the resident's voting rights and the voting process. | ||
| (c) Each assisted living facility shall make copies of the | ||
| voter education pamphlet available in common areas of the facility. | ||
| SECTION 4. Subchapter A, Chapter 252, Health and Safety | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 252.012 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 252.012. VOTER EDUCATION FOR RESIDENTS. (a) In this | ||
| section, "voter education pamphlet" means the voter education | ||
| pamphlet for long-term care facility residents developed by the | ||
| secretary of state under Section 31.0125, Election Code. | ||
| (b) A facility employee shall, not later than the 30th day | ||
| before the date of an election in which residents are generally | ||
| eligible to vote and using information contained in the voter | ||
| education pamphlet as a reference, inform each resident, verbally | ||
| and in an audible and intelligible manner, of the resident's voting | ||
| rights and the voting process. | ||
| (c) Each facility shall make copies of the voter education | ||
| pamphlet available in common areas of the facility. | ||
| SECTION 5. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the secretary of state shall develop the voter | ||
| education pamphlet for long-term care facility residents required | ||
| by Section 31.0125, Election Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
