H.B. No. 1850
AN ACT
relating to the availability of certain voter information.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 85.072, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (f) and (g) to read as follows:
(f) The early voting clerk shall provide, in a downloadable
database format, a current copy of the register for posting on the
Internet website of the authority ordering the election, if the
authority maintains a website, each day early voting is conducted.
At a minimum, the voter registration number for each voter listed in
the register must be posted.
(g) The early voting clerk shall compile the registers and
electronically submit to the secretary of state a record of each
voter participating in a primary, a runoff primary, a general
election, or any special election ordered by the governor not later
than the day the voter votes in person or the early voting clerk
receives a ballot voted by mail.
SECTION 2. Section 87.121, Election Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (g) and (h) and adding Subsections (i) and (j)
to read as follows:
(g) Information on the roster for a person who votes an
early voting ballot by personal appearance shall be made available
for public inspection as provided by Subsection (i) not later than
11 a.m. [the beginning of regular business hours] on the day after
the date the information is entered on the roster under Subsection
(c).
(h) Information on the roster for a person who votes an
early voting ballot by mail shall be made available for public
inspection as provided by Subsection (i) not later than 11 a.m. on
the day following the day the early voting clerk receives a ballot
voted by mail.
(i) The information under Subsections (g) and (h) must be
made available:
(1) for an election in which the county clerk is the
early voting clerk:
(A) on the publicly accessible Internet website
of the county; or
(B) if the county does not maintain a website, on
the bulletin board used for posting notice of meetings of the
commissioners court; or
(2) for an election not described by Subdivision (1):
(A) on the publicly accessible Internet website
of the authority ordering the election; or
(B) if the authority ordering the election does
not maintain a website, on the bulletin board used for posting
notice of meetings of the governing body of the authority.
(j) The secretary of state shall make any early voting
roster created under this section available to the public on the
secretary's Internet website.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1850 was passed by the House on May 8,
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1850 was passed by the Senate on May
22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor