Bill Text: TX HB213 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-08-27 - Referred to Constitutional Rights & Remedies [HB213 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB213-Introduced.html
| By: Bucy | H.B. No. 213 | |
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| relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 63.0101(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) The following documentation is an acceptable form of | ||
| photo identification under this chapter: | ||
| (1) a driver's license, election identification | ||
| certificate, or personal identification card issued to the voter | ||
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| that expired no earlier than four years before the date of | ||
| presentation; | ||
| (2) a United States military identification card that | ||
| contains the voter's [ |
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| that expired no earlier than four years before the date of | ||
| presentation; | ||
| (3) a United States citizenship certificate issued to | ||
| the voter [ |
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| (4) a United States passport book or card issued to the | ||
| voter [ |
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| four years before the date of presentation; [ |
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| (5) a license to carry a handgun issued to the voter | ||
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| that expired no earlier than four years before the date of | ||
| presentation; | ||
| (6) an official Native American identification card or | ||
| tribal document that: | ||
| (A) contains the voter's photograph and address; | ||
| and | ||
| (B) is issued by a tribal organization or by a | ||
| tribe that is federally recognized and located in this state; | ||
| (7) an identification card issued by a public or | ||
| private institution of higher education located in this state that | ||
| contains the voter's photograph; or | ||
| (8) an identification card issued by a state agency of | ||
| this state that contains the voter's photograph. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the | ||
| legislative session. | ||
