Bill Text: TX HB3776 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to automatic cancellation of a voter's registration upon felony conviction.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-31 - Referred to Elections [HB3776 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB3776-Introduced.html

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85R13105 ADM-D
By: Schofield H.B. No. 3776

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to automatic cancellation of a voter's registration upon
felony conviction.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 16.031, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) The registrar shall cancel a voter's registration
immediately if the registrar receives notice from the secretary of
state under Section 18.068 that the voter has been convicted of a
felony.
SECTION 2. Sections 18.068(a), (b), (c), (d), and (e),
Election Code, are amended to read as follows:
(a) The secretary of state shall quarterly compare the
information received under Sections [Section] 16.001 and 16.003 of
this code and Section 62.113, Government Code, to the statewide
computerized voter registration list. If the secretary determines
that a voter on the registration list is deceased, has been
convicted of a felony, or has been excused or disqualified from jury
service because the voter is not a citizen, the secretary shall send
notice of the determination to the voter registrar of the counties
considered appropriate by the secretary.
(b) The secretary of state shall by rule determine what
information combinations identified as common to a voter and to an
individual who is deceased or has been convicted of a felony
constitute a weak match or a strong match in order to:
(1) produce the least possible impact on Texas voters;
and
(2) fulfill its responsibility to manage the voter
rolls.
(c) The secretary of state may not determine that a voter is
deceased or has been convicted of a felony based on a weak
match. The secretary of state may inform the county of the voter's
residence that a weak match exists.
(d) On receiving notification from the secretary of state
under Subsection (c) that a weak match of identifying information
exists for a county voter and an individual who is deceased or has
been convicted of a felony, the county shall investigate whether
the voter is the individual who is deceased or was convicted.
(e) The secretary of state may determine that a voter is
deceased or has been convicted of a felony based on a strong match.
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, 2017.