Bill Text: TX SB268 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-03 - Referred to State Affairs [SB268 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB268-Introduced.html
By: West, Miles | S.B. No. 268 | |
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relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 63.0101(a), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(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 four years 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 four years 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 book or card issued to the | ||
person that has not expired or that expired no earlier than four | ||
years 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 four years before the date of presentation; | ||
or | ||
(6) An identification card issued by a public | ||
institution of higher education located in this state that contains | ||
the person 's photograph, full legal name, and a date of expiration | ||
that has not expired or that expired no earlier than four years | ||
before the date of presentation.. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |