87R19722 SGM-D
By: Guillen H.B. No. 1300
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1300:
By: Bucy C.S.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 if the child is under 14 years of
age, 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.