Bill Text: TX HB3100 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the confidentiality of certain registered voters.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-07 - Effective immediately [HB3100 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3100-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 3100 | ||
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| relating to the confidentiality of certain registered voters. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 13.004(c), Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (c) The following information furnished on a registration | ||
| application is confidential and does not constitute public | ||
| information for purposes of Chapter 552, Government Code: | ||
| (1) a social security number; | ||
| (2) a Texas driver's license number; | ||
| (3) a number of a personal identification card issued | ||
| by the Department of Public Safety; | ||
| (4) an indication that an applicant is interested in | ||
| working as an election judge; | ||
| (5) the residence address of the applicant, if the | ||
| applicant is a federal judge or state judge, as defined by Section | ||
| 13.0021, the spouse of a federal judge or state judge, the spouse of | ||
| a peace officer as defined by Article 2.12, Code of Criminal | ||
| Procedure, or an individual to whom Section 552.1175, Government | ||
| Code, applies and the applicant: | ||
| (A) included an affidavit with the registration | ||
| application describing the applicant's status under this | ||
| subdivision, including an affidavit under Section 13.0021 if the | ||
| applicant is a federal judge or state judge or the spouse of a | ||
| federal judge or state judge; | ||
| (B) provided the registrar with an affidavit | ||
| describing the applicant's status under this subdivision, | ||
| including an affidavit under Section 15.0215 if the applicant is a | ||
| federal judge or state judge or the spouse of a federal judge or | ||
| state judge; or | ||
| (C) provided the registrar with a completed form | ||
| approved by the secretary of state for the purpose of notifying the | ||
| registrar of the applicant's status under this subdivision; | ||
| (6) the residence address of the applicant, if the | ||
| applicant, the applicant's child, or another person in the | ||
| applicant's household is a victim of family violence as defined by | ||
| Section 71.004, Family Code, who provided the registrar with: | ||
| (A) a copy of a protective order issued under | ||
| Chapter 85, Family Code, or a magistrate's order for emergency | ||
| protection issued under Article 17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure; | ||
| or | ||
| (B) other independent documentary evidence | ||
| necessary to show that the applicant, the applicant's child, or | ||
| another person in the applicant's household is a victim of family | ||
| violence; | ||
| (7) the residence address of the applicant, if the | ||
| applicant, the applicant's child, or another person in the | ||
| applicant's household is a victim of sexual assault or abuse, | ||
| stalking, or trafficking of persons who provided the registrar | ||
| with: | ||
| (A) a copy of a protective order issued under | ||
| Chapter 7A or Article 6.09, Code of Criminal Procedure, or a | ||
| magistrate's order for emergency protection issued under Article | ||
| 17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure; or | ||
| (B) other independent documentary evidence | ||
| necessary to show that the applicant, the applicant's child, or | ||
| another person in the applicant's household is a victim of sexual | ||
| assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking of persons; or | ||
| (8) the residence address of the applicant, if the | ||
| applicant: | ||
| (A) is a participant in the address | ||
| confidentiality program administered by the attorney general under | ||
| Subchapter C, Chapter 56, Code of Criminal Procedure; and | ||
| (B) provided the registrar with proof of | ||
| certification under Article 56.84, Code of Criminal Procedure. | ||
| 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, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 3100 was passed by the House on May 3, | ||
| 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 3100 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 19, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
