Bill Text: TX HB386 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to accommodating a voter unable to enter a polling place.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-04-26 - Referred to State Affairs [HB386 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB386-Engrossed.html
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| By: González of Dallas, Swanson, Cain, Bucy, | H.B. No. 386 | |
| Plesa, et al. | ||
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| relating to accommodating a voter unable to enter a polling place. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the Kate Garrison | ||
| Memorial Act. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 64.009, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) to read as follows: | ||
| (a-1) An election officer shall designate a parking space at | ||
| each polling place for voting under this section. The parking space | ||
| may not be one designated specifically for persons with | ||
| disabilities. The parking space must be clearly marked with a sign: | ||
| (1) indicating that the space is reserved for use by a | ||
| voter who is unable to enter the polling place; and | ||
| (2) displaying, in large font that is clearly readable | ||
| from a vehicle, a telephone number that a voter may call or text to | ||
| request assistance from an election officer at the polling place. | ||
| (a-2) As an alternative to displaying a telephone number | ||
| under Subsection (a-1)(2), a parking space may comply with the | ||
| requirements of this section by providing the voter with a button or | ||
| intercom that the voter may use to request assistance from an | ||
| election officer. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 104.004(e), Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (e) If the voter is physically unable to enter the early | ||
| voting polling place without personal assistance or a likelihood of | ||
| injuring the voter's health, the clerk shall deliver the balloting | ||
| materials to the voter at the polling place entrance or curb | ||
| following the procedures prescribed by Section 64.009. | ||
| SECTION 4. 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, 2023. | ||
