Bill Text: TX HB3919 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility to vote an early voting ballot by mail on the ground of disability.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-24 - Referred to Elections [HB3919 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3919-Introduced.html
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By: Dean | H.B. No. 3919 |
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relating to the eligibility to vote an early voting ballot by mail | ||
on the ground of disability. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 82.002, Election Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
(c) The following do not constitute sufficient cause to | ||
entitle a voter to vote under Subsection (a): | ||
(1) a lack of transportation; | ||
(2) a sickness that does not otherwise prevent the | ||
voter from leaving the voter's residence; or | ||
(3) a requirement to appear at the voter's place of | ||
employment on election day. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |