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.