Bill Text: TX HB75 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 75 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

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

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-23 - Referred to Elections [HB75 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB75-Introduced.html



	By: Zwiener	H.B. No. 75



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 63.0101(a), Election Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(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 four years 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 four years 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 book or card issued to the
	person that has not expired or that expired no earlier than four
	years 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 four years before the date of presentation;
	or
	(6) an identification card issued by a public
	institution of higher education located in this state that contains
	the person's photograph, date of birth, and full legal name and that
	has not expired or that expired no earlier than four years before
	the date of presentation.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the
	last day of the legislative session.