Bill Text: TX HB478 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to accommodating a voter unable to enter a polling place.
Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-3)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-13 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB478 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB478-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: González of Dallas, Swanson, Beckley, | H.B. No. 478 | ||
| Clardy, Bucy | |||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 478: | |||
| By: González of Dallas | C.S.H.B. No. 478 | ||
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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. Section 64.009, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows: | ||
| (e) 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. | ||
| (f) As an alternative to displaying a telephone number under | ||
| Subsection (e)(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 2. 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 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, 2021. | ||
