Bill Text: TX HB898 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to requiring the secretary of state to maintain certain information regarding provisional voting.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-25 - Referred to Elections [HB898 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB898-Introduced.html

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86R2287 GRM-D
By: Israel H.B. No. 898

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring the secretary of state to maintain certain
information regarding provisional voting.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 18.069, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 18.069. VOTING HISTORY. (a) Not later than the 30th
day after the date of the primary, runoff primary, or general
election or any special election ordered by the governor, the
registrar shall electronically submit to the secretary of state the
record of each voter participating in the election. The record
must include a notation of whether the voter:
(1) voted on election day;[,]
(2) voted early by personal appearance;[,]
(3) voted early by mail under Chapter 86;[, or]
(4) voted early by mail under Chapter 101; or
(5) voted provisionally and the reason the voter cast
a provisional ballot.
(b) The secretary of state shall adopt rules to implement
this section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.