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| 1 | 1 | 87R5450 MLH-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Goodwin H.B. No. 1463 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to voting by mail due to childbirth or expected | |
| 8 | 8 | childbirth. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. The heading to Section 82.002, Election Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 82.002. DISABILITY OR OTHER PHYSICAL CONDITION. | |
| 13 | 13 | SECTION 2. Section 82.002(b), Election Code, is amended to | |
| 14 | 14 | read as follows: | |
| 15 | 15 | (b) A voter giving birth or expecting to give birth within | |
| 16 | 16 | nine months of [Expected or likely confinement for childbirth on] | |
| 17 | 17 | election day is sufficient cause to entitle the [a] voter to vote | |
| 18 | 18 | under Subsection (a). | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |