Bill Text: TX SB19 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 19 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to a study on the effect of a change to the period for voting.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-09-08 - Filed [SB19 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB19-Introduced.html



	By: Hall	S.B. No. 19


	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to a study on the effect of a change to the period for
	voting.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. (a) The secretary of state shall conduct a
	study regarding the practical effects of eliminating the gap
	between the early voting period for an election and election day and
	providing for the conduct of elections with a single election
	period.
	(b) The study must include:
	(1) best practices and policies of states that conduct
	elections with a single election period;
	(2) a cost-benefit analysis comparing the use of hand
	marked paper ballots, ballot marking devices, and direct recording
	electronic voting machines in elections with a single election
	period;
	(3) comparison of the estimated costs of conducting
	elections with a single election period versus the costs of
	conducting elections with a gap between the early voting period for
	the election and election day; and
	(4) recommended statutory language for implementing
	the conduct of elections with a single election period.
	(c) The secretary of state shall, not later than January
	1,2022, submit a report on the secretary's findings to the
	legislature.
	SECTION 2. 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 on the 91st day after the last day of the
	legislative session.