Bill Text: TX HB2738 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-12 - Filed [HB2738 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB2738-Introduced.html

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89R4665 LRM-D
By: Isaac H.B. No. 2738

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 63.0101(a) and (b), Election Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) The following documentation is an acceptable form of
photo identification under this chapter:
(1) a driver's license or an[,] election
identification certificate[, or personal identification card]
issued to the person by the Department of Public Safety that has not
expired or that expired no earlier than four years before the date
of presentation;
(2) a United States military identification card that
contains the person's photograph that has not expired or that
expired no earlier than four years before the date of presentation;
(3) a United States citizenship certificate issued to
the person that contains the person's photograph;
(4) a United States passport book or card issued to the
person that has not expired or that expired no earlier than four
years before the date of presentation; or
(5) a license to carry a handgun issued to the person
by the Department of Public Safety that has not expired or that
expired no earlier than four years before the date of presentation.
(b) The following documentation is acceptable as proof of
identification under this chapter:
(1) a government document that shows the name and
address of the voter, including the voter's voter registration
certificate;
(2) [one of the following documents that shows the
name and address of the voter:
[(A) a copy of a current utility bill;
[(B) a bank statement;
[(C)] a government check[; or
[(D) a paycheck]; or
(3) a certified copy of a domestic birth certificate
or other document confirming birth that is admissible in a court of
law and establishes the person's identity.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.