Bill Text: TX HB1173 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-10 - Left pending in committee [HB1173 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB1173-Introduced.html

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85R5585 SRS-D
By: Nevárez H.B. No. 1173

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 63.0101, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 63.0101. DOCUMENTATION OF PROOF OF
IDENTIFICATION. The following documentation is an acceptable form
of photo identification under this chapter:
(1) a driver's license, election identification
certificate, or personal identification card issued to the person
by the Department of Public Safety that has not expired or that
expired no earlier than 60 days before the date of presentation;
(2) a United States military identification card that
contains the person's photograph that has not expired or that
expired no earlier than 60 days before the date of presentation;
(3) a United States citizenship certificate issued to
the person that contains the person's photograph;
(4) a United States passport issued to the person that
has not expired or that expired no earlier than 60 days before the
date of presentation; [or]
(5) a license to carry a handgun issued to the person
by the Department of Public Safety that has not expired or that
expired no earlier than 60 days before the date of presentation; or
(6) an official Native American tribal document that:
(A) contains the person's photograph; and
(B) is issued by a tribe that is federally
recognized and located in this state.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.