Bill Text: TX HB2575 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 2575 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the procedure by which certain voters receive ballots to be voted by mail for each election held during a certain period.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-17 - Referred to Elections [HB2575 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB2575-Introduced.html

	87R10522 SLB-D

	By: Beckley	H.B. No. 2575



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the procedure by which certain voters receive ballots
	to be voted by mail for each election held during a certain period.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. The heading to Section 86.0015, Election Code,
	is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 86.0015. [~~ANNUAL~~] BALLOTS BY MAIL FOR MULTIPLE
	ELECTIONS FOLLOWING SINGLE APPLICATION.
	SECTION 2. Section 86.0015, Election Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (g) to read as
	follows:
	(b) An application described by Subsection (a) is
	considered to be an application for a ballot for each election,
	including any ensuing runoff:
	(1) in which the applicant is eligible to vote; and
	(2) that occurs before the earlier of:
	(A) [~~except as provided by Subsection (b-2),~~] the
	end of the next calendar year following the calendar year in which
	the application was submitted;
	(B) the date the county clerk receives notice
	from the voter registrar under Subsection (f) that the voter has
	changed residence to another county; or
	(C) the date the voter's registration is
	canceled.
	(g) The county clerk shall provide to a voter who has
	applied for and qualifies to receive ballots to be voted by mail
	under this section, before the end of the last calendar year for
	which the voter will receive ballots under this section, a notice
	stating that the voter must make a new application under this
	section if the voter wishes to continue to receive ballots to be
	voted by mail.
	SECTION 3. Section 86.0015(b-2), Election Code, is
	repealed.
	SECTION 4. The change in law made by this Act to Section
	86.0015, Election Code, applies only to an application for a ballot
	to be voted by mail submitted on or after the effective date of this
	Act. An application for a ballot to be voted by mail 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 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.