Bill Text: TX HB1242 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the early voting period.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-04 - Referred to Elections [HB1242 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB1242-Introduced.html

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87R3835 MLH-D
By: Cole H.B. No. 1242

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the early voting period.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 85.001(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) The period for early voting by personal appearance
begins on the first business [17th] day after the last day a voter
registration becomes effective for [before] election day under
Section 13.143 and continues through the fourth day before election
day, except as otherwise provided by this section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.