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| 1 | 1 | 86R2287 GRM-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Israel H.B. No. 898 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to requiring the secretary of state to maintain certain | |
| 8 | 8 | information regarding provisional voting. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 18.069, Election Code, is amended to | |
| 11 | 11 | read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 18.069. VOTING HISTORY. (a) Not later than the 30th | |
| 13 | 13 | day after the date of the primary, runoff primary, or general | |
| 14 | 14 | election or any special election ordered by the governor, the | |
| 15 | 15 | registrar shall electronically submit to the secretary of state the | |
| 16 | 16 | record of each voter participating in the election. The record | |
| 17 | 17 | must include a notation of whether the voter: | |
| 18 | 18 | (1) voted on election day;[,] | |
| 19 | 19 | (2) voted early by personal appearance;[,] | |
| 20 | 20 | (3) voted early by mail under Chapter 86;[, or] | |
| 21 | 21 | (4) voted early by mail under Chapter 101; or | |
| 22 | 22 | (5) voted provisionally and the reason the voter cast | |
| 23 | 23 | a provisional ballot. | |
| 24 | 24 | (b) The secretary of state shall adopt rules to implement | |
| 25 | 25 | this section. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |