Bill Text: TX HB1463 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to voting by mail due to childbirth or expected childbirth.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 31-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-04 - Left pending in committee [HB1463 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB1463-Introduced.html
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By: Goodwin | H.B. No. 1463 |
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relating to voting by mail due to childbirth or expected | ||
childbirth. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 82.002, Election Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 82.002. DISABILITY OR OTHER PHYSICAL CONDITION. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 82.002(b), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) A voter giving birth or expecting to give birth within | ||
nine months of [ |
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election day is sufficient cause to entitle the [ |
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under Subsection (a). | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |