Bill Text: TX HB45 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to automatic voter registration on issuance or change of a driver's license or identification card by the Department of Public Safety.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-09-14 - Filed [HB45 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB45-Introduced.html
| By: Reynolds | H.B. No. 45 | |
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| relating to automatic voter registration on issuance or change of a | ||
| driver's license or identification card by the Department of Public | ||
| Safety. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 13, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 13.009 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 13.009. VOTER REGISTRATION THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF | ||
| PUBLIC SAFETY. (a) The voter registrar of each county shall | ||
| automatically register any county resident who is eligible to vote | ||
| as provided by Section 13.001 and: | ||
| (1) is issued a Texas driver's license or a personal | ||
| identification card by the Department of Public Safety; or | ||
| (2) makes a change to a Texas driver's license or | ||
| personal identification card issued by the Department of Public | ||
| Safety. | ||
| (b) A driver's license or personal identification card | ||
| transaction with an indication provided by Section 20.062(b) or | ||
| 20.063(c) that the transaction is not for voter registration | ||
| purposes is not subject to this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 20.061, Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 20.061. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER PROVISIONS. The other | ||
| provisions of this chapter apply to the Department of Public Safety | ||
| except provisions that conflict with this subchapter or Section | ||
| 13.009. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 20.062(b), Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (b) The department shall prescribe and use a change of | ||
| address form and procedure that combines department and voter | ||
| registration functions. The form must allow a licensee or | ||
| cardholder to indicate that [ |
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| SECTION 4. Section 20.063, Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 20.063. REGISTRATION PROCEDURES. (a) The Department | ||
| of Public Safety shall consider an application made in person, by | ||
| mail, or online at the department's Internet website [ |
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| an original or renewal of a driver's license, a personal | ||
| identification card, or a duplicate or corrected license or card by | ||
| a person who is eligible to vote as provided by Section 13.001 an | ||
| application for [ |
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| The date of application is considered to be the date of submission | ||
| to the voter registrar for the purpose of determining the effective | ||
| date of registration [ |
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| (b) The Department of Public Safety shall consider a change | ||
| of address that relates to [ |
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| license or card and that is submitted to [ |
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| department [ |
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| online at the department's Internet website [ |
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| department employee is considered to be the date of submission to | ||
| the voter registrar for the purpose of determining the effective | ||
| date of registration [ |
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| (c) The registration of an eligible [ |
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| voter as required by Subsections (a) and (b) is automatic unless the | ||
| person indicates that the transaction is not for voter | ||
| registration purposes [ |
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| SECTION 5. Section 20.065(b), Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (b) Each weekday the department is regularly open for | ||
| business, the department shall electronically transfer to the | ||
| secretary of state the name and information designated by the | ||
| secretary of state for [ |
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| registration for each individual who is eligible to vote as | ||
| provided by Section 13.001 and applies in person, by mail, or online | ||
| at the department's Internet website for an original or renewal of a | ||
| driver's license, a personal identification card, or a duplicate or | ||
| corrected license or card [ |
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| implement this subsection. | ||
| SECTION 6. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | ||
| last day of the legislative session. | ||
