Bill Text: TX HB67 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced

Texas House Bill 67 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the authority of certain entities and individuals to prevent individuals from accessing private property for the purpose of registering voters or communicating political messages.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-07 - Filed [HB67 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB67-Introduced.html

	87S10269 BEE-D

	By: Bucy	H.B. No. 67



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the authority of certain entities and individuals to
	prevent individuals from accessing private property for the purpose
	of registering voters or communicating political messages.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Chapter 276, Election Code, is amended by adding
	Section 276.015 to read as follows:
	Sec. 276.015. DOOR TO DOOR VOTER REGISTRATION AND POLITICAL
	MESSAGING. (a) In this section, "residential unit" includes a
	single-family house, a single-family house located in a residential
	subdivision or housing development, an apartment, a condominium, or
	another unit in a multifamily residential structure.
	(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a political
	subdivision, property owners' association, homeowners'
	association, or property manager may not adopt or enforce a rule,
	order, ordinance, or policy that prevents an individual from
	knocking on the front door of a residential unit, ringing the
	doorbell of the unit, or leaving a pamphlet, flier, or other form of
	written communication at the unit for the purpose of:
	(1) assisting an occupant of the unit with registering
	to vote; or
	(2) communicating to an occupant of the unit support
	or opposition for:
	(A) a candidate for nomination or election to
	public office or office of a political party;
	(B) a political party; or
	(C) a measure, as defined by Section 251.001.
	(c) A political subdivision, property owners' association,
	homeowners' association, or property manager may adopt and enforce
	a reasonable restriction on the time, place, or manner of an
	activity described by Subsection (b).
	(d) A peace officer, as that term is described by Article
	2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, or private party may not prevent
	an individual from engaging in an activity described by Subsection
	(b) unless the officer or party reasonably believes that the
	activity poses a threat to a person or property or is in violation
	of a statute, ordinance, order, rule, or policy.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
	last day of the legislative session.