Bill Text: TX HB5254 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the interstate voter registration crosscheck program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-24 - Referred to Elections [HB5254 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB5254-Introduced.html
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| By: Toth | H.B. No. 5254 | |
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| relating to the interstate voter registration crosscheck program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 18.062, Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 18.062. INTERSTATE VOTER REGISTRATION CROSSCHECK | ||
| PROGRAM. (a) To maintain the statewide voter registration list | ||
| and to prevent duplication of registration in more than one state or | ||
| jurisdiction, the secretary of state shall: | ||
| (1) cooperate with other states and jurisdictions to | ||
| develop systems to compare voters, voter history, and voter | ||
| registration lists to identify voters: | ||
| (A) whose addresses have changed; | ||
| (B) who have been convicted of a felony; or | ||
| (C) who are registered to vote in more than one | ||
| state; or | ||
| (2) identify and contract with the provider of a | ||
| private sector data system to identify voters: | ||
| (A) whose addresses have changed; | ||
| (B) who are registered to vote in more than one | ||
| state; | ||
| (C) who are deceased; or | ||
| (D) who are not eligible to vote for another | ||
| reason, including a felony conviction. | ||
| (a-1) A private sector data system under Subsection (a)(2) | ||
| must have demonstrated an ability to work with registered voter | ||
| identification and matching systems. | ||
| (b) A system developed under this section must comply with | ||
| the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 U.S.C. Section | ||
| 20501 et seq.) and the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. | ||
| Section 20901 et seq.). | ||
| (c) The cost to begin operations with a system under | ||
| Subsection (a)(2) may not exceed $100,000. | ||
| (d) The cost of continuing operations with a system under | ||
| Subsection (a)(2) may not exceed one dollar for each voter | ||
| identified under Subsection (a)(2). | ||
| (e) The secretary of state may not provide to a system under | ||
| Subsection (a)(2) any information that is not: | ||
| (1) found in a voter roll; and | ||
| (2) necessary to identify voters under Subsection | ||
| (a)(2). | ||
| (f) The secretary of state shall record information related | ||
| to the system under Subsection (a)(2) and shall submit to the | ||
| legislature a report on that information not later than the first | ||
| day of each quarter of the state's fiscal year. | ||
| (g) A contract with a system under Subsection (a)(2) may not | ||
| require any additional duty of the state not required by this | ||
| section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
