Bill Text: TX SB972 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to a poll watcher presenting proof of identification at the polling place.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-03 - Referred to State Affairs [SB972 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB972-Introduced.html

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88R10396 LRM-D
By: West S.B. No. 972

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a poll watcher presenting proof of identification at
the polling place.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 33.051(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) A watcher appointed to serve at a precinct polling
place, a meeting place for an early voting ballot board, or a
central counting station must deliver the following materials to
the presiding judge at the time the watcher reports for service:
(1) a form of legal identification under Section
63.0101 that discloses the full name and address of the watcher;
(2) a certificate of appointment; and
(3) [(2)] a certificate of completion from training
completed by the watcher under Section 33.008.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.