H.B. No. 2559
AN ACT
relating to public inspection of mail ballot applications.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 86.014(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) A copy of an application for a ballot to be voted by mail
is not available for public inspection, except to the voter seeking
to verify that the information pertaining to the voter is accurate,
until the first business day after the election day of the earliest
[latest] occurring election for which the application is submitted.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2559 was passed by the House on May 9,
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 2, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2559 was passed by the Senate on May
22, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor