Bill Text: TX HB574 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of criminal offenses involving elections.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 39-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-03 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB574 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB574-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 574 | ||
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| relating to the creation of criminal offenses involving elections. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 276, Election Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Section 276.014 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 276.014. OTHER ELECTION OFFENSES. (a) A person | ||
| commits an offense if the person knowingly or intentionally makes | ||
| any effort to: | ||
| (1) count votes the person knows are invalid or alter a | ||
| report to include votes the person knows are invalid; or | ||
| (2) refuse to count votes the person knows are valid or | ||
| alter a report to exclude votes the person knows are valid. | ||
| (b) An offense under this section is a felony of the second | ||
| degree. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 574 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 16, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 95, Nays 49, 1 present, not | ||
| voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
| No. 574 on May 18, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 94, Nays 48, 1 | ||
| present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 574 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 12, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 21, Nays | ||
| 9. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
