85S10920 GRM-D
By: Menéndez S.B. No. 101
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the release of certain voter registration information.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 18.008, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (b-1) and (e) to read as follows:
(b-1) Information furnished under this section may not
include:
(1) a voter's social security number; or
(2) the residence address of a voter who is a federal
judge or state judge, as defined by Section 13.0021, or the spouse
of a federal judge or state judge, if the voter included an
affidavit with the voter's registration application under Section
13.0021 or the applicable registrar has received an affidavit
submitted under Section 15.0215.
(e) The registrar may only furnish information under this
section that is public information that is subject to required
disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code, or that is required
to be released by another provision of law or a subpoena.
SECTION 2. Section 18.066, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
(g) The secretary of state may only furnish information
under this section that is public information that is subject to
required disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code, or that is
required to be released by another provision of law or a subpoena.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect December 1, 2017.