Bill Text: TX SB511 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to prohibiting an officer or employee of this state or of a political subdivision of this state from distributing certain voter registration application forms.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-25 - Filed [SB511 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-SB511-Introduced.html

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89R3901 TSS-D
By: Bettencourt, et al. S.B. No. 511

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to prohibiting an officer or employee of this state or of a
political subdivision of this state from distributing certain voter
registration application forms.
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. DISTRIBUTION OF APPLICATION. (a) Except as
provided by Subsection (c) or Subchapter B, an officer or employee
of this state or of a political subdivision of this state may not
distribute a form on which a person may apply for registration to a
person who did not request it.
(b) An officer or employee of this state or of a political
subdivision of this state may not use public funds to facilitate the
distribution by another person of a form described by Subsection
(a) to a person who did not request it.
(c) A political party or a candidate for office may
distribute a form described by Subsection (a) to a person who did
not request it.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.