Bill Text: TX HB192 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the elements of the offense of illegal voting and to procedures for a person voting a provisional ballot.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-09 - Filed [HB192 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB192-Introduced.html
| By: Crockett | H.B. No. 192 | |
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| relating to the elements of the offense of illegal voting and to | ||
| procedures for a person voting a provisional ballot. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 63.011, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (a-2) to read as follows: | ||
| (a-2) Before an election officer provides a person with an | ||
| affidavit to be executed under this section, the election officer | ||
| shall orally inform the person of each requirement to be eligible to | ||
| register as a voter in this state under Section 13.001. | ||
| SECTION 2. 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 receive the information required by | ||
| Section 63.011(a-2). | ||
| SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | ||
| governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, | ||
| and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For | ||
| purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the | ||
| effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred | ||
| before that date. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
