Bill Text: TX HB2139 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to voting by a voter unable to enter a polling place.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-04-30 - Left pending in committee [HB2139 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB2139-Introduced.html

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89R1902 LRM-F
By: Simmons H.B. No. 2139

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to voting by a voter unable to enter a polling place.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 64.009(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) On [If a voter is physically unable to enter the polling
place without personal assistance or likelihood of injuring the
voter's health, on] the voter's request, an election officer shall
deliver a ballot to the voter at the polling place entrance or curb
if the voter:
(1) is physically unable to enter the polling place
without personal assistance or likelihood of injuring the voter's
health;
(2) has legal custody of a child younger than 12 years
of age and entering the polling place would require leaving the
child without adequate supervision; or
(3) is the primary caretaker of a person who is unable
to care for themselves and entering the polling place would require
leaving the person without adequate supervision.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.