Bill Text: TX SB153 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting for certain persons.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-25 - Referred to State Affairs [SB153 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB153-Introduced.html
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| By: Bettencourt | S.B. No. 153 | |
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| relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting for | ||
| certain persons. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 63.0101, Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 63.0101. DOCUMENTATION OF PROOF OF IDENTIFICATION. | ||
| (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 60 days 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 60 days 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 issued to the person that | ||
| has not expired or that expired no earlier than 60 days before the | ||
| date of presentation; or | ||
| (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 60 days before the date of presentation. | ||
| (b) A person 70 years of age or older may use a form of | ||
| identification listed in Subsection (a) that has expired for the | ||
| purposes of voting if the identification is otherwise valid. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
