Bill Text: TX SB172 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to electronic voter registration.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-03 - Referred to State Affairs [SB172 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB172-Introduced.html
87R1778 ADM-D | ||
By: Miles | S.B. No. 172 |
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relating to electronic voter registration. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 13, Election Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 13.009 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 13.009. ELECTRONIC VOTER REGISTRATION. (a) The | ||
secretary of state shall implement a program to allow a person who | ||
has a valid driver's license or personal identification card issued | ||
in this state to complete a voter registration application over the | ||
Internet from the official website of this state and the websites of | ||
the secretary of state, the Department of Public Safety, and | ||
counties participating in the program. | ||
(b) An applicant for electronic voter registration must: | ||
(1) attest to the truth of the information provided on | ||
the application by affirmatively accepting the information as true; | ||
and | ||
(2) affirmatively consent to the use of the address | ||
and signature on the applicant's driver's license or personal | ||
identification card for voter registration purposes. | ||
(c) For each application submitted, the program shall | ||
require that a digital copy of the applicant's signature be | ||
obtained from the Department of Public Safety. | ||
(d) An application submitted under this section is | ||
considered for all purposes as an application submitted by mail | ||
under this title. | ||
(e) The secretary of state shall adopt rules as necessary to | ||
implement this section, including rules to provide for additional | ||
security measures necessary to ensure the accuracy and integrity of | ||
applications submitted electronically. | ||
(f) The rules adopted under Subsection (e) must require that | ||
each Internet website through which a person may complete a voter | ||
registration application include a description of the offense | ||
described by Section 13.007 in a conspicuous location on the | ||
website near the place where the person begins or submits the | ||
application. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |