85R9113 ADM-F
By: Klick H.B. No. 2983
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the requirements for a person to vote in the precinct of
the person's former residence.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 63.0011, Election Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (b-1), (b-2), and
(b-3) to read as follows:
(a) Before a voter may be accepted for voting, an election
officer shall ask the voter if the voter's residence address on the
precinct list of registered voters is current and whether the voter
has changed residence [within the county]. If the voter's address
is omitted from the precinct list under Section 18.005(c), the
officer shall ask the voter if the voter's residence, if listed, on
identification presented by the voter under Section 63.001(b) is
current and whether the voter has changed residence [within the
county].
(b-1) If the voter's address is not current because the
voter has changed residence to a different county within 30 days of
the date of the election, the voter may vote, if otherwise eligible,
in the election precinct in which the voter is registered.
(b-2) In a joint election held in accordance with Chapter
271, if the voter's address is not current because the voter has
changed residence within the county, the voter may vote, if
otherwise eligible, in the election precinct in which the voter is
registered. A voter eligible under this subsection shall receive a
joint election ballot according to the voter's registered residence
address, notwithstanding Section 11.001(a)(2) or any other
provision of this code.
(b-3) The secretary of state shall adopt rules to ensure
that a voter's pending registration is not canceled due to a vote
cast by the voter voting under Subsection (b-1) or (b-2) in the
precinct in which the voter is registered.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.