Bill Text: TX HB529 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting for certain persons.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-16 - Referred to Elections [HB529 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB529-Introduced.html

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85R1457 GRM-F
By: Schofield H.B. No. 529

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting for
certain persons.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 63.0101, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 63.0101. DOCUMENTATION OF PROOF OF IDENTIFICATION.
(a) The following documentation is an acceptable form of photo
identification under this chapter:
(1) a driver's license, election identification
certificate, or personal identification card issued to the person
by the Department of Public Safety that has not expired or that
expired no earlier than 60 days before the date of presentation;
(2) a United States military identification card that
contains the person's photograph that has not expired or that
expired no earlier than 60 days before the date of presentation;
(3) a United States citizenship certificate issued to
the person that contains the person's photograph;
(4) a United States passport issued to the person that
has not expired or that expired no earlier than 60 days before the
date of presentation; or
(5) a license to carry a handgun issued to the person
by the Department of Public Safety that has not expired or that
expired no earlier than 60 days before the date of presentation.
(b) A person 70 years of age or older may use a form of
identification listed in Subsection (a) that has expired for the
purposes of voting if the identification is otherwise valid.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.