Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB160 Latest Draft

Bill / Comm Sub Version Filed 05/11/2021

                            87R8425 TSS-F
 By: Zwiener H.B. No. 160
 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 160:
 By:  González of Dallas C.S.H.B. No. 160


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 63.0101(a), Election Code, is amended to
 read as follows:
 (a)  The following documentation is an acceptable form of
 photo identification under this chapter:
 (1)  a driver's license, election identification
 certificate, or personal identification card issued to the person
 by the Department of Public Safety that has not expired or that
 expired no earlier than four years before the date of presentation;
 (2)  a United States military identification card that
 contains the person's photograph that has not expired or that
 expired no earlier than four years before the date of presentation;
 (3)  a United States citizenship certificate issued to
 the person that contains the person's photograph;
 (4)  a United States passport book or card issued to the
 person that has not expired or that expired no earlier than four
 years before the date of presentation; [or]
 (5)  a license to carry a handgun issued to the person
 by the Department of Public Safety that has not expired or that
 expired no earlier than four years before the date of presentation;
 or
 (6)  an identification card issued by a public
 institution of higher education located in this state that contains
 the person's photograph and full legal name and that has not expired
 or that expired no earlier than four years before the date of
 presentation.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.