Bill Text: TX HB2297 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to voter registration on issuance or change of a driver's license or identification card by the Department of Public Safety.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-06 - Referred to Elections [HB2297 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2297-Introduced.html
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By: Israel | H.B. No. 2297 |
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relating to voter registration on issuance or change of a driver's | ||
license or identification card by the Department of Public Safety. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 13.002(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) A person desiring to register to vote must submit an | ||
application to the registrar of the county in which the person | ||
resides. Except as provided by Subsection (e) or Subchapter C, | ||
Chapter 20, 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). | ||
SECTION 2. Section 20.062, Election Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
(d) A procedure prescribed under this section must provide | ||
for the electronic transmission of an applicant's voter | ||
registration data by the department to the secretary of state in | ||
accordance with Section 20.066. | ||
SECTION 3. Sections 20.063(a) and (c), Election Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The Department of Public Safety shall provide to each | ||
person who applies in person, by mail, or online at the department's | ||
Internet website [ |
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renewal of a driver's license, a personal identification card, or a | ||
duplicate or corrected license or card an opportunity to complete a | ||
voter registration application form. | ||
(c) A change of address that relates to a license or card and | ||
that is submitted to the department in person, [ |
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online at the department's Internet website serves as a change of | ||
address for voter registration unless the licensee or cardholder | ||
indicates that the change is not for voter registration purposes. | ||
The date of submission of a change of address to a department | ||
employee is considered to be the date of submission to the voter | ||
registrar for the purpose of determining the effective date of | ||
registration [ |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |