87R4819 ADM-F
By: Israel H.B. No. 1412
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the elements of the offense of illegal voting.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 64.012(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) A person commits an offense if the person:
(1) votes or attempts to vote in an election if [in
which] the person knows:
(A) of particular circumstances that make the
person [is] not eligible to vote in the election; and
(B) that those circumstances make the person not
eligible to vote in the election;
(2) knowingly votes or attempts to vote more than once
in an election;
(3) knowingly votes or attempts to vote a ballot
belonging to another person, or by impersonating another person; or
(4) knowingly marks or attempts to mark any portion of
another person's ballot without the consent of that person, or
without specific direction from that person how to mark the ballot.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
before that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.