Bill Text: TX HB218 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to notifications given to a person convicted of a felony concerning the person's eligibility to vote.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-08-27 - Referred to Constitutional Rights & Remedies [HB218 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB218-Introduced.html
| By: Bucy | H.B. No. 218 | |
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| relating to notifications given to a person convicted of a felony | ||
| concerning the person's eligibility to vote. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Article 42.03, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 6 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 6. The court after pronouncing the sentence of a | ||
| defendant convicted of a felony shall inform the defendant, in | ||
| writing using clear language, of how the felony conviction will | ||
| impact the defendant's right to vote in this state. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 15, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 15.029 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 15.029. NOTIFICATION OF REGISTRATION ELIGIBILITY BY | ||
| SECRETARY OF STATE. (a) This section applies to a person who is | ||
| ineligible to vote in this state under Section 13.001(a)(4) because | ||
| the person was finally convicted of a felony. | ||
| (b) The secretary of state shall coordinate with the Texas | ||
| Department of Criminal Justice, the Department of Public Safety, | ||
| and any other relevant agency to determine when a person to whom | ||
| this section applies has regained eligibility to vote in accordance | ||
| with Section 13.001(a)(4)(A) or (B). | ||
| (c) At the time a person to whom this section applies | ||
| regains eligibility to vote, the secretary of state shall use best | ||
| efforts to provide the person with: | ||
| (1) a notice informing the person in plain language | ||
| that the person may be eligible to register to vote, including | ||
| instructions for registration; and | ||
| (2) a voter registration application. | ||
| (d) The secretary of state shall post on the secretary's | ||
| Internet website a generic version of the notice described by | ||
| Subsection (c)(1). | ||
| (e) The secretary of state shall adopt rules as necessary to | ||
| administer this section. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | ||
| last day of the legislative session. | ||
