88R3283 LRM-D
 
  By: Schofield H.B. No. 1140
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the voter identification required for submission of an
  early voting ballot by mail.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 84.002(a) and (b-1), Election Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  An early voting ballot application must include:
               (1)  the applicant's name and the address at which the
  applicant is registered to vote;
               (1-a)  the following information:
                     (A)  the number of the applicant's driver's
  license, election identity certification card [identification
  certificate], or personal identification card issued by the
  Department of Public Safety;
                     (B)  if the applicant has not been issued a number
  described by Paragraph (A), the last four digits of the applicant's
  social security number; or
                     (C)  a statement by the applicant that the
  applicant has not been issued a number described by Paragraph (A) or
  (B);
               (2)  for an application for a ballot to be voted by mail
  on the ground of absence from the county of residence, the address
  outside the applicant's county of residence to which the ballot is
  to be mailed;
               (3)  for an application for a ballot to be voted by mail
  on the ground of age or disability, the address of the hospital,
  nursing home or other long-term care facility, or retirement
  center, or of a person related to the applicant within the second
  degree by affinity or the third degree by consanguinity, as
  determined under Chapter 573, Government Code, if the applicant is
  living at that address and that address is different from the
  address at which the applicant is registered to vote;
               (4)  for an application for a ballot to be voted by mail
  on the ground of confinement in jail, the address of the jail or of a
  person related to the applicant within the degree described by
  Subdivision (3);
               (5)  for an application for a ballot to be voted by mail
  on any ground, an indication of each election for which the
  applicant is applying for a ballot;
               (6)  an indication of the ground of eligibility for
  early voting; and
               (7)  for an application for a ballot to be voted by mail
  on the ground of involuntary civil commitment, the address of the
  facility operated by or under contract with the Texas Civil
  Commitment Office or of a person related to the applicant within the
  degree of consanguinity described by Subdivision (3).
         (b-1)  A person may use the number of a driver's license,
  election identity certification card [identification certificate],
  or personal identification card that has expired for the purpose of
  fulfilling the requirement under Subsection (a)(1-a) if the license
  or identification is otherwise valid.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.