Bill Text: TX SB2197 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to documentation of proof of identification for voting.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-29 - Referred to State Affairs [SB2197 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB2197-Introduced.html
| By: Bettencourt | S.B. No. 2197 | |
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| relating to documentation of proof of identification for voting. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 15.001(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) Each voter registration certificate issued must | ||
| contain: | ||
| (1) the voter's name in the form indicated by the | ||
| voter, subject to applicable requirements prescribed by Section | ||
| 13.002 and by rule of the secretary of state; | ||
| (2) the voter's residence address or, if the residence | ||
| has no address, the address at which the voter receives mail and a | ||
| concise description of the location of the voter's residence; | ||
| (3) the month, day, and year of the voter's birth; | ||
| (4) the number of the county election precinct in | ||
| which the voter resides; | ||
| (5) the voter's effective date of registration if an | ||
| initial certificate; | ||
| (6) the voter's registration number; | ||
| (7) an indication of the period for which the | ||
| certificate is issued; | ||
| (8) a statement explaining the circumstances under | ||
| which the voter will receive a new certificate; | ||
| (9) a space for stamping the voter's political party | ||
| affiliation; | ||
| (10) a statement that voting with the certificate by a | ||
| person other than the person in whose name the certificate is issued | ||
| is a felony; | ||
| (11) a space for the voter's signature; | ||
| (12) a statement that the voter must sign the | ||
| certificate personally, if able to sign, immediately on receipt; | ||
| (13) a space for the voter to correct the information | ||
| on the certificate followed by a signature line; | ||
| (14) the statement: "If any information on this | ||
| certificate changes or is incorrect, correct the information in the | ||
| space provided, sign below, and return this certificate to the | ||
| voter registrar."; | ||
| (15) the registrar's mailing address and telephone | ||
| number; [ |
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| (16) the jurisdictional or distinguishing number for | ||
| the following territorial units in which the voter resides, as | ||
| determined by the voter registrar: | ||
| (A) congressional district; | ||
| (B) state senatorial district; | ||
| (C) state representative district; | ||
| (D) commissioners precinct; | ||
| (E) justice precinct; | ||
| (F) city election precinct; and | ||
| (G) school district election precinct; and | ||
| (17) the photograph of the voter to whom the | ||
| certificate is issued if a photograph has been obtained under | ||
| Section 31.013. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 31, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 31.013 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 31.013. PHOTO IDENTIFICATION ACCESS. The secretary of | ||
| state shall establish methods to obtain a photograph of each | ||
| registered voter for use on the voter's voter registration | ||
| certificate. For purposes of this section, the secretary of state | ||
| shall enter into agreements with the Department of Public Safety | ||
| and may enter into agreements with other state agencies and | ||
| governmental entities for assistance with assigning photographs to | ||
| the appropriate voter's voter registration certificate. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 63.0101, Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 63.0101. DOCUMENTATION OF PROOF OF IDENTIFICATION. | ||
| 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; [ |
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| (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; or | ||
| (6) a voter's voter registration certificate | ||
| containing the voter's photograph. | ||
| SECTION 4. (a) As soon as practicable after the effective | ||
| date of this Act, the secretary of state shall establish, subject to | ||
| Subsection (b) of this section, the photo identification access | ||
| program required by Section 31.013, Election Code, as added by this | ||
| Act. | ||
| (b) The photo identification access program required by | ||
| Section 31.013, Election Code, as added by this Act, must provide | ||
| for voter registration certificates to contain photographs for use | ||
| beginning with the general election for state and county officers | ||
| held in 2018. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
