Bill Text: TX HB2274 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the period during which certain voters receive ballots to be voted by mail for each election held in that period.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-06 - Referred to Elections [HB2274 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB2274-Introduced.html

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86R11234 ATP-D
By: Zwiener H.B. No. 2274

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the period during which certain voters receive ballots
to be voted by mail for each election held in that period.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 86.0015, Election Code,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 86.0015. [ANNUAL] BALLOTS BY MAIL FOR MULTIPLE
ELECTIONS FOLLOWING SINGLE APPLICATION.
SECTION 2. Section 86.0015(b), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) An application described by Subsection (a) is
considered to be an application for a ballot for each election,
including any ensuing runoff:
(1) in which the applicant is eligible to vote; and
(2) that occurs before the earlier of:
(A) [except as provided by Subsection (b-2),] the
end of the next even-numbered calendar year in which a
gubernatorial general election is held following the calendar year
in which the application was submitted;
(B) the date the county clerk receives notice
from the voter registrar under Subsection (f) that the voter has
changed residence to another county; or
(C) the date the voter's registration is
canceled.
SECTION 3. Section 86.0015(b-2), Election Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act to Section
86.0015, Election Code, applies only to an application for a ballot
to be voted by mail submitted on or after the effective date of this
Act. An application for a ballot to be voted by mail submitted
before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
effect when the application was submitted, and the former law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.