Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB529 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 12/07/2016

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                            85R1457 GRM-F
 By: Schofield H.B. No. 529


 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 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, 2017.