Bill Text: TX HB219 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a person submitting proof of citizenship to verify eligibility to vote in Texas.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-02-27 - Referred to Elections [HB219 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB219-Introduced.html
| By: Landgraf | H.B. No. 219 | |
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| relating to a person submitting proof of citizenship to verify | ||
| eligibility to vote in Texas. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 13.002, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) A person desiring to register to vote must submit an | ||
| application and proof of citizenship as required under Subsection | ||
| (a-1) to the registrar of the county in which the person resides. | ||
| Except as provided by Subsection (e), an application must be | ||
| submitted by personal delivery, by mail, or by telephonic facsimile | ||
| machine in accordance with Sections 13.143(d) and (d-2). | ||
| (a-1) An applicant submitting a registration application | ||
| must present proof that the applicant is a United States citizen to: | ||
| (1) the registrar, if the application is submitted by | ||
| personal delivery; or | ||
| (2) a Department of Public Safety employee at the | ||
| department's office, if the application is submitted by mail or by | ||
| telephonic facsimile machine. | ||
| (a-2) For purposes of Subsection (a-1), the applicant shall | ||
| present any of the following: | ||
| (1) the applicant's Texas driver's license that is | ||
| compliant with the federal REAL ID program; | ||
| (2) the applicant's Texas identification card that is | ||
| compliant with the federal REAL ID program; | ||
| (3) an original or certified copy of the applicant's | ||
| birth certificate; | ||
| (4) the applicant's unexpired United States passport | ||
| or card; | ||
| (5) the applicant's certificate of naturalization | ||
| issued by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services; | ||
| or | ||
| (6) the applicant's certificate of citizenship issued | ||
| by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 13, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 13.0022 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 13.0022. NOTICE TO PRESENT PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP FOR | ||
| APPLICATION SUBMITTED BY MAIL OR BY TELEPHONIC FACSIMILE MACHINE. | ||
| (a) This section applies only to a registration application | ||
| submitted by mail or by telephonic facsimile machine that does not | ||
| include proof that the applicant is a United States citizen. | ||
| (b) On receipt of a registration application, the registrar | ||
| shall transmit a notice to the applicant of the requirements of | ||
| Section 13.002 (a-1) and Section 13.002 (a-2) and include | ||
| instructions to enable the applicant to satisfy those requirements. | ||
| SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
| to an application for voter registration submitted on or after the | ||
| effective date of this Act. An application for voter registration | ||
| submitted before the effective date of this Act is governed by the | ||
| law in effect when the application was submitted, and the former law | ||
| is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
