Bill Text: TX HB438 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 438 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the use of a mechanical or electronic device by a person occupying a voting station.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-20 - Referred to Elections [HB438 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB438-Introduced.html

	86R1717 ADM-D

	By: Shaheen	H.B. No. 438



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the use of a mechanical or electronic device by a person
	occupying a voting station.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 61.014(b), Election Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(b) A person may not use any mechanical or electronic means
	to record [~~of recording~~] images or sound within 100 feet of a voting
	station except that a person occupying a voting station may use a
	mechanical or electronic device to photograph the person's
	completed ballot.
	SECTION 2. Section 62.0111(b), Election Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(b) The secretary of state shall prescribe the wording of a
	notice posted under this section, which may include a description
	of the exception provided by Section 61.014(b).
	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, 2019.