Bill Text: TX SB1112 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to requirements for an early voting ballot voted by mail; creating a criminal offense.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-25 - Placed on General State Calendar [SB1112 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB1112-Comm_Sub.html

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By: Bettencourt, et al. S.B. No. 1112
(Swanson)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requirements for an early voting ballot voted by mail;
creating a criminal offense.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 87, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 87.0411 to read as follows:
Sec. 87.0411. SUSPENSION OF REQUIREMENTS FOR BALLOT VOTED
BY MAIL PROHIBITED. (a) A county clerk, elections administrator,
early voting clerk, or early voting ballot board may not suspend a
requirement under Section 87.041(b).
(b) A county clerk, elections administrator, or early
voting clerk who violates this section by suspending a requirement
under Section 87.041(b)(2) commits an offense. An offense under
this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
before that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.