Bill Text: TX HB2202 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to high school deputy voter registrars.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-15 - Referred to Elections [HB2202 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2202-Introduced.html
87R7845 MLH-D | ||
By: González of El Paso | H.B. No. 2202 |
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relating to high school deputy voter registrars. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 13.046, Election Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (d) and (h) and adding Subsection (e-1) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(d) At least twice each school year, a high school deputy | ||
registrar shall distribute an officially prescribed registration | ||
application form to each student who is or will be 18 years of age or | ||
older during that year, subject to rules prescribed by the | ||
secretary of state. At least one such distribution must be made not | ||
later than the 31st day before the uniform election date in | ||
November. | ||
(e-1) At least once each school year, the high school deputy | ||
registrar shall provide instruction to the students at the | ||
registrar's school, emphasizing: | ||
(1) the importance of voting; | ||
(2) the process of voter registration; | ||
(3) the nature of voting systems; | ||
(4) relevant election dates; | ||
(5) the early voting process; and | ||
(6) the regular locations and hours of local polling | ||
places. | ||
(h) The secretary of state shall: | ||
(1) consult with the Texas Education Agency regarding | ||
the number of registration application forms to provide to each | ||
high school deputy registrar for distribution and provide the forms | ||
at the beginning of each academic year; | ||
(2) develop and implement a system for monitoring | ||
which high schools complete the requirements under Subsection (d); | ||
(3) issue a report at the end of each academic year | ||
describing the degree to which high schools completed the | ||
requirements under Subsection (d); | ||
(4) proactively support high school deputy registrars | ||
in completion of the requirements under Subsection (d), including | ||
public acknowledgement of the high school deputy registrars who | ||
consistently succeed in efforts to register students to vote; | ||
(5) create a standardized training course for high | ||
school deputy registrars to be taken over the Internet to instruct | ||
the registrars in regard to best practices and their duties and | ||
rights, and any other training the secretary sees fit; and | ||
(6) prescribe any additional procedures necessary to | ||
implement this section. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2021-2022 | ||
school year. | ||
SECTION 3. 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 September 1, 2021. |