87R4830 SGM-F
By: Guillen H.B. No. 1300
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the reading and marking of a ballot by a person
occupying a voting station or by the person's child.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 64.002(b), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) A child under 18 years of age may accompany the child's
parent to a voting station and may read or mark the ballot at the
direction of the parent. Reading or marking a ballot under this
subsection does not constitute assisting a voter for purposes of
Subchapter B.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.