Bill Text: TX HB3215 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to qualifications and registration of certain voters on parole or mandatory supervision.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-03-20 - Referred to Elections [HB3215 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB3215-Introduced.html
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| By: Dutton | H.B. No. 3215 | |
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| relating to qualifications and registration of certain voters on | ||
| parole or mandatory supervision. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 11.002(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) In this code, "qualified voter" means a person who: | ||
| (1) is 18 years of age or older; | ||
| (2) is a United States citizen; | ||
| (3) has not been determined by a final judgment of a | ||
| court exercising probate jurisdiction to be: | ||
| (A) totally mentally incapacitated; or | ||
| (B) partially mentally incapacitated without the | ||
| right to vote; | ||
| (4) has not been finally convicted of a felony or, if | ||
| so convicted, has: | ||
| (A) completed [ |
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| community supervision, or completed a period of probation ordered | ||
| by any court; | ||
| (B) been released on parole or mandatory | ||
| supervision; or | ||
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| from the resulting disability to vote; | ||
| (5) is a resident of this state; and | ||
| (6) is a registered voter. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 13.001(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) To be eligible for registration as a voter in this | ||
| state, a person must: | ||
| (1) be 18 years of age or older; | ||
| (2) be a United States citizen; | ||
| (3) not have been determined by a final judgment of a | ||
| court exercising probate jurisdiction to be: | ||
| (A) totally mentally incapacitated; or | ||
| (B) partially mentally incapacitated without the | ||
| right to vote; | ||
| (4) not have been finally convicted of a felony or, if | ||
| so convicted, must have: | ||
| (A) completed [ |
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| community supervision, or completed a period of probation ordered | ||
| by any court; | ||
| (B) been released on parole or mandatory | ||
| supervision; or | ||
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| from the resulting disability to vote; and | ||
| (5) be a resident of the county in which application | ||
| for registration is made. | ||
| 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, 2025. | ||
