Bill Text: TX HB192 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to electronic voter registration.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-13 - Referred to Elections [HB192 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB192-Introduced.html
86R2680 ADM-F | ||
By: Reynolds | H.B. No. 192 |
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relating to electronic voter registration. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 13, Election Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 13.009 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 13.009. ELECTRONIC VOTER REGISTRATION. (a) The | ||
secretary of state shall implement a program to allow a person with | ||
an unexpired driver's license or personal identification card | ||
issued in this state to complete a voter registration application | ||
over the Internet from a secure Internet website. | ||
(b) The Internet website established under this section | ||
must allow a person to submit: | ||
(1) an initial application for registration; and | ||
(2) an application to update a voter registration | ||
record. | ||
(c) When a person submits an application under this section, | ||
the secretary of state shall compare the information provided by | ||
the applicant against the Department of Public Safety records. | ||
(d) The completed online application and information from | ||
the Department of Public Safety, including the applicant's digital | ||
signature, shall be provided to: | ||
(1) the county voter registration office for the | ||
county where the applicant currently resides; and | ||
(2) the secretary of state for the statewide | ||
computerized voter registration list under Section 18.061. | ||
(e) An application electronically submitted under this | ||
section is considered for all purposes as an application submitted | ||
by mail under this title. A digital signature given as provided by | ||
secretary of state rule meets the signature requirement under | ||
Section 13.002(b). | ||
(f) The secretary of state shall adopt rules as necessary to | ||
implement this section. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |