Bill Text: TX HB1299 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the signature required on a carrier envelope for a ballot voted by mail; changing the elements of a criminal offense.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 6-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-12 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB1299 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1299-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 1299 | ||
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| relating to the signature required on a carrier envelope for a | ||
| ballot voted by mail; changing the elements of a criminal offense. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 86.005(c), Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (c) After marking the ballot, the voter must place it in the | ||
| official ballot envelope and then seal the ballot envelope, place | ||
| the ballot envelope in the official carrier envelope and then seal | ||
| the carrier envelope, and sign the certificate on the carrier | ||
| envelope using ink on paper. An electronic signature or | ||
| photocopied signature is not permitted. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 86.0051(b), Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (b) A person other than the voter who assists a voter by | ||
| depositing the carrier envelope in the mail or with a common or | ||
| contract carrier or who obtains the carrier envelope for that | ||
| purpose must provide the person's signature, printed name, and | ||
| residence address on the reverse side of the envelope. The person | ||
| must sign the envelope using ink on paper. An electronic signature | ||
| or photocopied signature is not permitted. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 1299 was passed by the House on May | ||
| 12, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 91, Nays 48, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 1299 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 22, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 20, Nays 11. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
