85R759 ADM-D
	By: Uresti	S.B. No. 185

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to electronic voter registration.
	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.  ELECTRONIC VOTER REGISTRATION. (a) The
	secretary of state shall implement a program to allow a person who
	has a valid driver's license or personal identification card issued
	in this state to complete a voter registration application over the
	Internet from the official website of this state and the websites of
	the secretary of state, the Department of Public Safety, and
	counties participating in the program.
	(b)  An applicant for electronic voter registration must:
	(1)  attest to the truth of the information provided on
	the application by affirmatively accepting the information as true;
	and
	(2)  affirmatively consent to the use of the address
	and signature on the applicant's driver's license or personal
	identification card for voter registration purposes.
	(c)  For each application submitted, the program shall
	require that a digital copy of the applicant's signature be
	obtained from the Department of Public Safety.
	(d)  An application submitted under this section is
	considered for all purposes as an application submitted by mail
	under this title.
	(e)  The secretary of state shall adopt rules as necessary to
	implement this section, including rules to provide for additional
	security measures necessary to ensure the accuracy and integrity of
	applications submitted electronically.
	(f)  The rules adopted under Subsection (e) must require that
	each Internet website through which a person may complete a voter
	registration application include a description of the offense
	described by Section 13.007 in a conspicuous location on the
	website near the place where the person begins or submits the
	application.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.