Bill Text: TX HB2622 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 2622

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to voting a limited ballot on election day following the change of the county of residence by a voter.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-13 - Referred to Elections [HB2622 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB2622-Introduced.html

	88R4677 SGM-D

	By: Hinojosa	H.B. No. 2622



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to voting a limited ballot on election day following the
	change of the county of residence by a voter.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Sections 112.002(a) and (d), Election Code, are
	amended to read as follows:
	(a) After changing residence to another county, a person is
	eligible to vote a limited ballot by personal appearance during the
	early voting period, on election day, or by mail if:
	(1) the person would have been eligible to vote in the
	county of former residence on election day if still residing in that
	county;
	(2) the person is registered to vote in the county of
	former residence at the time the person:
	(A) offers to vote in the county of new
	residence; or
	(B) submitted a voter registration application
	in the county of new residence; and
	(3) a voter registration for the person in the county
	of new residence is not effective on or before election day.
	(d) A statement executed under Subsection (c) shall be
	submitted:
	(1) to an election officer at the main early voting
	polling place, if the person is voting by personal appearance; [or]
	(2) to a person designated by the early voting clerk at
	the location used for the main early voting polling place, if the
	person is voting on election day; or
	(3) with the person's application for a ballot to be
	voted by mail, if the person is voting by mail.
	SECTION 2. Section 112.006, Election Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 112.006. PLACE FOR VOTING BY PERSONAL APPEARANCE OR ON
	ELECTION DAY. A person may vote a limited ballot by personal
	appearance only at the main early voting polling place. A person
	may vote a limited ballot on election day only at the location of
	the main early voting polling place.
	SECTION 3. Section 112.010(a), Election Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(a) If early voting by personal appearance is conducted by
	voting machine, the early voting clerk may conduct the personal
	appearance voting of limited ballots by using official ballots for
	early voting by mail. The early voting clerk may conduct voting of
	limited ballots on election day at the location of the main early
	voting polling place by using official ballots for early voting by
	mail.
	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.