Bill Text: TX SB92 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to electronic voter registration.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-20 - Co-author authorized [SB92 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB92-Introduced.html
| 88R199 MLH-D | ||
| By: Johnson | S.B. No. 92 | |
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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, in coordination with the Department of | ||
| Public Safety, implement a program to allow a person with an | ||
| unexpired driver's license or personal identification card issued | ||
| in this state to complete a voter registration application over the | ||
| Internet from a secure Internet website. | ||
| (b) The Internet website established under this section | ||
| must allow a person to submit: | ||
| (1) an initial application for registration; and | ||
| (2) an application to update a voter registration | ||
| record. | ||
| (c) When a person submits an application under this section, | ||
| the secretary of state shall compare the information provided by | ||
| the applicant against Department of Public Safety records. | ||
| (d) The completed online application and information from | ||
| the Department of Public Safety, including the applicant's digital | ||
| signature, shall be provided to: | ||
| (1) the county voter registration office for the | ||
| county where the applicant currently resides; and | ||
| (2) the secretary of state for the statewide | ||
| computerized voter registration list under Section 18.061. | ||
| (e) An application electronically submitted under this | ||
| section is considered for all purposes as an application submitted | ||
| by mail under this title. A digital signature given as provided by | ||
| secretary of state rule meets the signature requirement under | ||
| Section 13.002(b). | ||
| (f) The secretary of state shall adopt rules as necessary to | ||
| implement this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
