Bill Text: TX HB862 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the cancellation of a person's voter registration on notice that the person has acknowledged that the person is not a citizen.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 8-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-09 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB862 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB862-Comm_Sub.html
88R25498 LRM-D | |||
By: Schofield, et al. | H.B. No. 862 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 862: | |||
By: Capriglione | C.S.H.B. No. 862 |
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relating to the cancellation of a person's voter registration on | ||
notice that the person has acknowledged that the person is not a | ||
citizen. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 16.031(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) The registrar shall cancel a voter's registration | ||
immediately on receipt of: | ||
(1) notice under Section 13.072(b), 15.021, or | ||
18.0681(d) or a response under Section 15.053 that the voter's | ||
residence is outside the county; | ||
(2) an abstract of the voter's death certificate under | ||
Section 16.001(a) or an abstract of an application indicating that | ||
the voter is deceased under Section 16.001(b); | ||
(3) an abstract of a final judgment of the voter's | ||
total mental incapacity, partial mental incapacity without the | ||
right to vote, conviction of a felony, or disqualification under | ||
Section 16.002, 16.003, or 16.004; | ||
(4) notice under Section 112.012 that the voter has | ||
applied for a limited ballot in another county; | ||
(5) notice from a voter registration official in | ||
another state that the voter has registered to vote outside this | ||
state; | ||
(6) notice from the early voting clerk under Section | ||
101.053 that a federal postcard application submitted by an | ||
applicant states a voting residence address located outside the | ||
registrar's county; [ |
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(7) notice from the secretary of state that the voter | ||
has registered to vote in another county, as determined by the | ||
voter's driver's license number or personal identification card | ||
number issued by the Department of Public Safety or social security | ||
number; or | ||
(8) notwithstanding Section 16.0332, a list under | ||
Section 18.068 of this code or Section 62.113, Government Code, of | ||
persons excused or disqualified from jury service because of | ||
citizenship status that includes the voter. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 16.036(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) Immediately after, but not later than the 30th day after | ||
the date a voter's registration is canceled under Section | ||
16.031(a)(3) or (8), 16.033, or 16.0331, [ |
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registrar shall deliver written notice of the cancellation to the | ||
voter. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 19.001(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) Before May 15 of each year, the registrar shall prepare | ||
and submit to the secretary of state a statement containing: | ||
(1) the total number of initial registrations for the | ||
previous voting year; | ||
(2) the total number of registrations canceled under | ||
Sections 16.031(a)(1) and (8) and Section[ |
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for the previous voting year; and | ||
(3) the total number of registrations for which | ||
information was updated for the previous voting year. | ||
SECTION 4. Sections 62.113(b) and (c), Government Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) On the third business day of each month, the clerk shall | ||
send a copy of the list of persons excused or disqualified because | ||
of citizenship in the previous month to: | ||
(1) the voter registrar of the county; | ||
(2) the county official responsible for administering | ||
elections; | ||
(3) the secretary of state; and | ||
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investigation of whether the person committed an offense under | ||
Section 13.007 or 64.012, Election Code, or other law. | ||
(c) A list compiled under this section may not be used for a | ||
purpose other than a purpose described by Subsection (b) or Section | ||
16.031(a)(8) [ |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |