Bill Text: TX HB2320 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to creating the criminal offense of pre-filling an application for a ballot to be voted by mail.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-27 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB2320 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2320-Comm_Sub.html
| 87R8009 ADM-D | ||
| By: Jetton, et al. | H.B. No. 2320 | |
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| relating to creating the criminal offense of pre-filling an | ||
| application for a ballot to be voted by mail. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 84, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 84.0042 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 84.0042. PRE-FILLING APPLICATION FOR BALLOT BY MAIL. | ||
| (a) A person commits an offense if the person: | ||
| (1) indicates the ground of eligibility for early | ||
| voting on an application for ballot by mail; and | ||
| (2) distributes the application to an applicant with | ||
| intent that the applicant will submit the application on the | ||
| applicant's behalf to the early voting clerk. | ||
| (b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony. | ||
| (c) It is an exception to the application of Subsection (a) | ||
| that the person signed the application for the ballot as a witness | ||
| or otherwise assisted the applicant under Section 84.003. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
