Bill Text: TX SB982 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 982 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting for certain persons.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-04 - Left pending in committee [SB982 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-SB982-Introduced.html

	84R8935 GRM-F

	By: Bettencourt	S.B. No. 982



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting for
	certain persons.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 63.0101, Election Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 63.0101. DOCUMENTATION OF PROOF OF
	IDENTIFICATION. (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 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; or
	(5) a license to carry a concealed 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.
	(b) A person 70 years of age or older may use a form of
	identification listed in Subsection (a) that has expired for the
	purposes of voting if the identification is otherwise valid.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.