Bill Text: TX HB3645 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the elements of illegal voting; clarifying a criminal offense.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-04-29 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB3645 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3645-Introduced.html
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By: Cain | H.B. No. 3645 |
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relating to the elements of illegal voting; clarifying a criminal | ||
offense. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 64.012(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) A person commits an offense if the person: | ||
(1) votes or attempts to vote in an election in which | ||
the person knows the person is not eligible to vote; | ||
(2) knowingly votes or attempts to vote more than once | ||
in an election; | ||
(3) knowingly votes or attempts to vote in an election | ||
in this state after voting in another state in an election in which | ||
a federal office appears on the ballot and the election day for both | ||
states is the same day; | ||
(4) knowingly votes or attempts to vote a ballot | ||
belonging to another person, or by impersonating another person; or | ||
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portion of another person's ballot without the consent of that | ||
person, or without specific direction from that person how to mark | ||
the ballot. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |