Bill Text: TX HB2372 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to establishing an interstate voter registration crosscheck program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-19 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB2372 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2372-Introduced.html
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By: Klick | H.B. No. 2372 |
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relating to establishing an interstate voter registration | ||
crosscheck program. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 18, Election Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 18.062 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 18.062. INTERSTATE VOTER REGISTRATION CROSSCHECK | ||
PROGRAM. To maintain the statewide voter registration list and to | ||
prevent duplication of registration in more than one state or | ||
jurisdiction, the secretary of state shall cooperate with other | ||
states and jurisdictions to develop systems to compare voters, | ||
voter history, and voter registration lists to identify voters | ||
whose addresses have changed. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |