Bill Text: TX SB1949 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the residence address of an applicant for purposes of voter registration.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-20 - Referred to State Affairs [SB1949 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB1949-Introduced.html

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88R10660 MLH-D
By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 1949

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the residence address of an applicant for purposes of
voter registration.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 13.002(c), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) A registration application must include:
(1) the applicant's first name, middle name, if any,
last name, and former name, if any;
(2) the month, day, and year of the applicant's birth;
(3) a statement that the applicant is a United States
citizen;
(4) a statement that the applicant is a resident of the
county;
(5) a statement that the applicant has not been
determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate
jurisdiction to be:
(A) totally mentally incapacitated; or
(B) partially mentally incapacitated without the
right to vote;
(6) a statement that the applicant has not been
finally convicted of a felony or that the applicant is a felon
eligible for registration under Section 13.001;
(7) the applicant's residence address or, if the
residence has no address:[,]
(A) the address at which the applicant receives
mail;
(B) [and] a concise description of the location
of the applicant's residence; and
(C) a statement that the applicant's residence
has no address;
(8) the following information:
(A) the applicant's Texas driver's license number
or the number of a personal identification card issued by the
Department of Public Safety;
(B) if the applicant has not been issued a number
described by Paragraph (A), the last four digits of the applicant's
social security number; or
(C) a statement by the applicant that the
applicant has not been issued a number described by Paragraph (A) or
(B);
(9) if the application is made by an agent, a statement
of the agent's relationship to the applicant; and
(10) the city and county in which the applicant
formerly resided.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.