Bill Text: TX SB1950 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to accepting an early voting ballot voted by mail; creating a criminal offense.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-04-18 - Referred to Elections [SB1950 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1950-Engrossed.html
| By: Bettencourt, et al. | S.B. No. 1950 | |
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| relating to accepting an early voting ballot voted by mail; | ||
| creating a criminal offense. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 87, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 87.0412 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 87.0412. SUSPENSION OF ACCEPTING VOTER REQUIREMENTS | ||
| PROHIBITED. (a) A county clerk, elections administrator, early | ||
| voting clerk, or early voting ballot board may not suspend the | ||
| requirements under Section 87.041(b). | ||
| (b) A county clerk, elections administrator, or early | ||
| voting clerk who violates this section commits an offense. An | ||
| offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | ||
| governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, | ||
| and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For | ||
| purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the | ||
| effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred | ||
| before that date. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
