Bill Text: TX HB93 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-08 - Referred to Constitutional Rights & Remedies [HB93 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB93-Introduced.html
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| By: Collier | H.B. No. 93 | |
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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(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; [ |
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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 four years before the date of presentation; | ||
| or | ||
| (6) an identification document or card issued to | ||
| enrolled students by an institution of higher education that | ||
| contains the person's photograph and full legal name and the | ||
| letterhead or seal of the institution. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | ||
| last day of the legislative session. | ||
