Bill Text: TX HB512 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to allowing a person who will be 18 years of age on the date of the general election for state and county officers to vote in the preceding primary elections.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-2)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-20 - Referred to Elections [HB512 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB512-Introduced.html
86R315 SRS-F | ||
By: Howard | H.B. No. 512 |
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relating to allowing a person who will be 18 years of age on the date | ||
of the general election for state and county officers to vote in the | ||
preceding primary elections. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 13.001, Election Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsections (d) and (e) | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) To be eligible for registration as a voter in this | ||
state, a person must: | ||
(1) except as provided by Subsection (d), be 18 years | ||
of age or older; | ||
(2) be a United States citizen; | ||
(3) not have been determined by a final judgment of a | ||
court exercising probate jurisdiction to be: | ||
(A) totally mentally incapacitated; or | ||
(B) partially mentally incapacitated without the | ||
right to vote; | ||
(4) not have been finally convicted of a felony or, if | ||
so convicted, must have: | ||
(A) fully discharged the person's sentence, | ||
including any term of incarceration, parole, or supervision, or | ||
completed a period of probation ordered by any court; or | ||
(B) been pardoned or otherwise released from the | ||
resulting disability to vote; and | ||
(5) be a resident of the county in which application | ||
for registration is made. | ||
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (d), to [ |
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eligible to apply for registration, a person must, on the date the | ||
registration application is submitted to the registrar, be at least | ||
17 years and 10 months of age and satisfy the requirements of | ||
Subsection (a) except for age. | ||
(d) A person who will be 18 years of age or older on the date | ||
of the next general election for state and county officers is | ||
eligible to register as a voter in this state for the purposes of | ||
voting in the primary election to determine a political party's | ||
nominees for the general election if the person satisfies the | ||
requirements of Subsection (a) except for age. The secretary of | ||
state shall prescribe procedures necessary to implement this | ||
subsection. | ||
(e) The voter registrar may send a written notice to each | ||
person who registers to vote under Subsection (d) stating that the | ||
person is only eligible to vote in a primary election or runoff | ||
primary election and that the person is not eligible to vote in any | ||
other election until the person is 18 years of age. The notice may | ||
list the elections in which the person is not eligible to vote. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 172, Election Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 172.005 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 172.005. VOTING BY PERSON UNDER AGE 18. (a) | ||
Notwithstanding Section 11.001, a person may vote in a primary | ||
election if the person: | ||
(1) will be 18 years of age or older on the date of the | ||
subsequent general election for state and county officers; and | ||
(2) satisfies the requirements for being a qualified | ||
voter except for age. | ||
(b) The secretary of state, after consulting with the state | ||
chairman of each political party required to make nominations by | ||
primary election, shall prescribe the procedures necessary to | ||
implement this section. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on the date on which the | ||
constitutional amendment proposed by the 86th Legislature, Regular | ||
Session, 2019, authorizing a person who will be 18 years of age or | ||
older on the date of the general election for state and county | ||
officers to vote in the preceding primary election takes effect. If | ||
that amendment is not approved by the voters, this Act has no | ||
effect. |