Bill Text: TX SB1190 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the residence address of a voter for purposes of a response to a confirmation notice sent by the voter registrar.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-06 - Referred to Elections [SB1190 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1190-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the residence address of a voter for purposes of a response to a confirmation notice sent by the voter registrar.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-06 - Referred to Elections [SB1190 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1190-Comm_Sub.html
By: Bettencourt | S.B. No. 1190 | |
(In the Senate - Filed February 27, 2019; March 7, 2019, | ||
read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; | ||
April 8, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable Committee | ||
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 8, 2019, | ||
sent to printer.) | ||
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1190 | By: Nelson |
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relating to the residence address of a voter for purposes of a | ||
response to a confirmation notice sent by the voter registrar. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 15.052(b), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) The official confirmation notice response form must: | ||
(1) provide spaces for the voter to include all of the | ||
information that a person must include in an application to | ||
register to vote under Section 13.002; [ |
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(2) describe the requirements of Section 15.054, | ||
provide a space for the voter to indicate if the voter is exempt | ||
from those requirements, and provide a space to indicate the reason | ||
for an exemption, if any; and | ||
(3) be postage prepaid and preaddressed for delivery | ||
to the registrar. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 15.053(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(a) Not later than the 30th day after the date a | ||
confirmation notice is mailed, the voter shall submit to the | ||
registrar a written, signed response to the notice that confirms | ||
the voter's current residence. The response must contain: | ||
(1) all of the information that a person must include | ||
in an application to register to vote under Section 13.002; and | ||
(2) evidence that the voter's residence address is | ||
established in compliance with Section 15.054 or an indication that | ||
the voter is exempt from those requirements. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 15, Election Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 15.054 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 15.054. RESIDENCE FOR PURPOSES OF CONFIRMATION NOTICE | ||
RESPONSE. (a) For purposes of Section 15.053, a voter's residence | ||
is established at the first residence address, beginning with | ||
Subdivision (1) and continuing through Subdivision (6), in the | ||
following list that is applicable to the voter: | ||
(1) the address stated on a driver's license issued to | ||
the voter by the Department of Public Safety that has not expired | ||
or, if the voter has notified the department of a change of address | ||
under Section 521.054, Transportation Code, the new address | ||
contained in the notification; | ||
(2) the address stated on a personal identification | ||
card issued to the voter by the Department of Public Safety that has | ||
not expired or, if the voter has notified the department of a change | ||
of address under Section 521.054, Transportation Code, the new | ||
address contained in the notification; | ||
(3) the address stated on a license to carry a handgun | ||
issued to the voter by the Department of Public Safety that has not | ||
expired or, if the voter has notified the department of a change of | ||
address under Section 411.181, Government Code, the new address | ||
contained in the notification; | ||
(4) an address corresponding to a residence at which | ||
the voter receives mail; | ||
(5) the address the voter claims as a homestead in this | ||
state; or | ||
(6) the registration address of a vehicle the voter | ||
owns. | ||
(b) A voter whose residence in this state has no address may | ||
establish residence under this section by executing an affidavit | ||
stating that the voter's residence in this state has no address, | ||
providing a concise description of the location of the voter's | ||
residence, and delivering the affidavit to the registrar with the | ||
voter's response to the confirmation notice. | ||
(c) The address described by Subsection (a)(4) may not be a | ||
commercial post office box or similar location that does not | ||
correspond to a residence. | ||
(d) This section does not apply to: | ||
(1) a voter who is a member of the armed forces of the | ||
United States or the spouse or a dependent of a member; | ||
(2) a voter enrolled as a full-time student at an | ||
institution of higher education; | ||
(3) a voter whose address is confidential under | ||
Subchapter C, Chapter 56, Code of Criminal Procedure; | ||
(4) a federal judge, state judge, or spouse of a | ||
federal or state judge whose driver's license includes the street | ||
address of a courthouse under Section 521.121, Transportation Code; | ||
or | ||
(5) a peace officer whose driver's license omits the | ||
officer's actual residence address under Section 521.1211, | ||
Transportation Code. | ||
(e) Subsection (a)(1) does not apply to a voter who holds a | ||
commercial driver's license under Subchapter C, Chapter 522, | ||
Transportation Code. | ||
(f) Notwithstanding the other provisions of this section, a | ||
voter enrolled as a full-time student at an institution of higher | ||
education may use the address of a post office box located on the | ||
campus of the institution or in a dormitory owned or operated by the | ||
institution to confirm the voter's residence. | ||
(g) The secretary of state shall adopt rules as necessary to | ||
implement this section. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
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