Bill Text: TX SB1675 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to procedures for early voting by mail.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 13-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-25 - Placed on General State Calendar [SB1675 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1675-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to procedures for early voting by mail.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 13-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-25 - Placed on General State Calendar [SB1675 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1675-Introduced.html
| By: Campbell, et al. | S.B. No. 1675 | |
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| relating to procedures for early voting by mail and voting by mail. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 81, Election Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Section 81.006 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 81.006. MODIFICATION OF EARLY VOTING BY MAIL AND | ||
| VOTING BY MAIL QUALIFICATIONS AND PROCEDURES. Except as | ||
| specifically permitted by statute, the qualifications may not be | ||
| amended or suspended for any reason for: | ||
| (1) early voting by mail and procedures for conducting early | ||
| voting by mail; and | ||
| (2) voting by mail and procedures for conducting voting by | ||
| mail. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 418.016, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (i) to read as follows: | ||
| (i) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) and except as provided | ||
| by this subsection, the governor may not suspend a provision of a | ||
| statute, an order, or a rule under this section if the provision, | ||
| order, or rule is related to the qualifications or procedures for | ||
| early voting by mail and voting by mail. Upon declaration of state | ||
| of disaster, the governor may suspend Section 86.006(a-1), Election | ||
| Code, only for the purpose of allowing a voter registered to vote at | ||
| an address located in a disaster area to deliver a marked ballot | ||
| voted under Section 86.006(a-1) to the early voting clerk's office | ||
| on or before election day. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 418.108, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (j) to read as follows: | ||
| (j) the presiding officer of the governing body of a | ||
| political subdivision may not suspend a provision of a statute, an | ||
| order, or a rule under this section if the provision, order, or rule | ||
| is related to the qualifications or procedures for early voting by | ||
| mail and voting by mail. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
