Bill Text: TX HB3648 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to identification for voting.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-10 - Left pending in committee [HB3648 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3648-Introduced.html
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| By: Goldman | H.B. No. 3648 | |
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| relating to identification for voting. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 63.0101, Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 63.0101. DOCUMENTATION OF PROOF OF IDENTIFICATION. | ||
| The following documentation is an acceptable form of photo | ||
| identification under this chapter: | ||
| (1) a driver's license, election identification | ||
| certificate, or personal identification card issued to the person | ||
| by the Department of Public Safety that has not expired or that | ||
| expired no earlier than 60 days before the date of presentation; | ||
| (2) a United States military identification card that | ||
| contains the person's photograph that has not expired or that | ||
| expired no earlier than 60 days before the date of presentation; | ||
| (3) a United States citizenship certificate issued to | ||
| the person that contains the person's photograph; | ||
| (4) a United States passport book or card issued to the | ||
| person that has not expired or that expired no earlier than 60 days | ||
| before the date of presentation; or | ||
| (5) a license to carry a handgun issued to the person | ||
| by the Department of Public Safety that has not expired or that | ||
| expired no earlier than 60 days before the date of presentation. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
