Bill Text: TX HB2259 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the instructions for an application form for an early voting ballot.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2025-01-30 - Filed [HB2259 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB2259-Introduced.html
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| By: DeAyala | H.B. No. 2259 | |
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| relating to the instructions for an application form for an early | ||
| voting ballot. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 84, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 84.0112 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 84.0112. OFFICIAL APPLICATION FORM INSTRUCTIONS. (a) | ||
| The secretary of state shall prescribe instructions to be printed | ||
| for the officially prescribed application form for an early voting | ||
| ballot. The instructions must: | ||
| (1) be presented in portrait orientation on a single | ||
| piece of paper that is 8-1/2 by 11 inches; | ||
| (2) be printed in Calibri or Aptos font in at least | ||
| 12-point font or the largest font size that allows the instructions | ||
| to fit on a single piece of paper, as determined by the secretary; | ||
| and | ||
| (3) contain bold print, as determined necessary by the | ||
| secretary, to adequately relate the instructions to an item on the | ||
| application. | ||
| (b) The secretary shall prescribe instructions to be | ||
| printed along with the officially prescribed application form for | ||
| an early voting ballot in each language appropriate to the | ||
| demographic composition of this state in the form and manner | ||
| prescribed by Subsection (a). | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
