Bill Text: TX HB2106 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to certain activities near a polling place; changing the elements of certain criminal offenses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-08 - Left pending in committee [HB2106 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2106-Introduced.html
86R8947 SRS-F | ||
By: Pacheco | H.B. No. 2106 |
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relating to certain activities near a polling place; changing the | ||
elements of certain criminal offenses. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 61.003(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) A person commits an offense if, during the voting period | ||
and within 300 [ |
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may enter the building in which a polling place is located, the | ||
person: | ||
(1) loiters; or | ||
(2) electioneers for or against any candidate, | ||
measure, or political party. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 61.010(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person may not | ||
wear a badge, insignia, emblem, or other similar communicative | ||
device relating to a candidate, measure, or political party | ||
appearing on the ballot, or to the conduct of the election, in the | ||
polling place or within 300 [ |
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which a voter may enter the building in which the polling place is | ||
located. | ||
SECTION 3. Sections 62.013(a) and (b), Election Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) An election officer commits an offense if the officer | ||
knowingly posts at a polling place, including the area within 300 | ||
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building in which the polling place is located, a sign, card, | ||
poster, or other similar material that: | ||
(1) is not authorized or required by law; or | ||
(2) is in a form or contains information that is not | ||
authorized or required by law. | ||
(b) A person other than an election officer commits an | ||
offense if the person posts a sign, card, poster, or other similar | ||
material at a polling place, including the 300-foot [ |
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described by Subsection (a). | ||
SECTION 4. Section 85.036(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) During the time an early voting polling place is open | ||
for the conduct of early voting, a person may not electioneer for or | ||
against any candidate, measure, or political party in or within 300 | ||
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building or structure in which the early voting polling place is | ||
located. | ||
SECTION 5. The changes in law made by this Act apply 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 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |