Bill Text: TX HB672 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-27 - Referred to Elections [HB672 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB672-Introduced.html
85R2980 SRS-D | ||
By: Johnson of Dallas | H.B. No. 672 |
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relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting. | ||
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. 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; [ |
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(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; or | ||
(6) a student identification card issued by an | ||
institution of higher education or a private or independent | ||
institution of higher education as those terms are defined by | ||
Section 61.003, Education Code, that contains the person's | ||
photograph. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |