Bill Text: TX HB167 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the elements of the offense of illegal voting.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-09 - Referred to Constitutional Rights & Remedies [HB167 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB167-Introduced.html
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| By: Bucy | H.B. No. 167 | |
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| relating to the elements of the offense of illegal voting. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 64.012, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (a) A person commits an offense if the person: | ||
| (1) votes or attempts to vote in an election if [ |
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| (A) of particular circumstances that make the | ||
| person [ |
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| (B) that those circumstances make the person not | ||
| eligible to vote in the election; | ||
| (2) knowingly votes or attempts to vote more than once | ||
| in an election; | ||
| (3) knowingly votes or attempts to vote a ballot | ||
| belonging to another person, or by impersonating another person; or | ||
| (4) knowingly marks or attempts to mark any portion of | ||
| another person's ballot without the consent of that person, or | ||
| without specific direction from that person how to mark the ballot. | ||
| (c) It is an exception to the application of Subsection | ||
| (a)(1) that the person: | ||
| (1) voted or attempted to vote a provisional ballot in | ||
| accordance with Section 63.011; and | ||
| (2) did not knowingly make a false statement on the | ||
| affidavit executed by the person in accordance with Section 63.011 | ||
| with intent to deceive. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to an | ||
| offense under Section 64.012(a)(1), Election Code, regardless of | ||
| whether the offense was committed before, on, or after the | ||
| effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | ||
| last day of the legislative session. | ||
