85R5811 ATP-D
By: Zedler H.B. No. 1054
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the offense of retaliation against a presidential
elector.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 276.001(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) A person commits an offense if, in retaliation against a
voter, including a presidential elector, who has voted for or
against a candidate or measure or a voter who has refused to reveal
how the voter voted, the person knowingly:
(1) harms or threatens to harm the voter by an unlawful
act; or
(2) with respect to a voter over whom the person has
authority in the scope of employment, subjects or threatens to
subject the voter to a loss or reduction of wages or another benefit
of employment.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.