87R8446 TSS-D
	By: Bucy	H.B. No. 3526

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to electronic voter registration through a voter
	registration agency.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 13.002, Election Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e-1) to read as
	follows:
	(a)  A person desiring to register to vote must submit an
	application to the registrar of the county in which the person
	resides.  Except as provided by Subsections [Subsection] (e) and
	(e-1), an application must be submitted by personal delivery, by
	mail, or by telephonic facsimile machine in accordance with
	Sections 13.143(d) and (d-2).
	(e-1)  A registrar shall adopt procedures to allow a voter
	registration agency to deliver a completed voter registration
	application over the Internet. The secretary of state shall review
	any procedures adopted under this section to ensure the procedures
	comply with the provisions of this code.
	SECTION 2.  Section 20.032, Election Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 20.032.  REGISTRATION PROCEDURES. (a)  An appropriate
	agency employee shall routinely inform each person who applies [in
	person] for agency services of the opportunity to complete a voter
	registration application form and on request shall provide
	nonpartisan voter registration assistance to the applicant.
	(b)  An agency that provides services at a person's residence
	shall provide the opportunity to complete the form and the
	assistance under Subsection (a) at the residence.
	(c)  On receipt of a registration application, the
	appropriate agency employee shall review it for completeness [in
	the applicant's presence]. If the application does not contain all
	the required information and the required signature, the agency
	employee shall return the application to the applicant for
	completion and resubmission.
	(d)  Information regarding the agency or office to which an
	application is submitted is confidential and may be used only for
	voter registration purposes.
	(e)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an agency
	shall adopt procedures providing for:
	(1)  a person applying for initial services,
	recertification, renewal, or change of address with the agency over
	the Internet to also complete a voter registration application
	online; and
	(2)  the delivery of a voter registration application
	to the voter registrar over the Internet.
	(f)  For purposes of a voter registration application
	completed under this chapter, an electronic signature satisfies the
	requirement that an application be signed under Section 13.002(b).
	SECTION 3.  Section 20.065(a), Election Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(a)  At the end of each day a Department of Public Safety
	office is regularly open for business, the manager of the office
	shall deliver [by mail or in person] to the voter registrar of the
	county in which the office is located each completed voter
	registration application and applicable change of address
	submitted to a department employee.
	SECTION 4.  Section 20.092(a), Election Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(a)  A public library shall provide to each person of voting
	age who applies [in person] for an original or renewal of a library
	card an opportunity to complete a voter registration application
	form.
	SECTION 5.  (a)  The voter registrar of a county must adopt
	procedures for the acceptance of voter registration applications
	under Section 13.002(e-1), Election Code, as added by this Act, not
	later than September 1, 2021.
	(b)  A voter registration agency must adopt procedures as
	required by Section 20.032(e), Election Code, as added by this Act,
	not later than September 1, 2021.
	SECTION 6.  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, 2021.