Bill Text: TX SB795 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to establishing an interstate voter registration crosscheck program.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 14-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/15 [SB795 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-SB795-Introduced.html

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84R6149 JRJ-D
By: Perry, et al. S.B. No. 795

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to establishing an interstate voter registration
crosscheck program.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 18, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 18.062 to read as follows:
Sec. 18.062. INTERSTATE VOTER REGISTRATION CROSSCHECK
PROGRAM. To maintain the statewide voter registration list and to
prevent duplication of registration in more than one state or
jurisdiction, the secretary of state shall cooperate with other
states and jurisdictions to develop systems to compare voters,
voter history, and voter registration lists to identify voters
whose addresses have changed.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.