Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3201 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 03/08/2021

                            87R11330 SGM-D
 By: Meza H.B. No. 3201


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the appointment of volunteer deputy voter registrars.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 13.032, Election Code, is amended to
 read as follows:
 Sec. 13.032.  PROHIBITION ON REFUSING TO APPOINT. A
 registrar may not refuse to appoint as a volunteer deputy
 registrar:
 (1)  a person eligible for appointment under Section
 13.031(d); or
 (2)  any person on the basis of sex, race, creed, sexual
 orientation, gender identity or expression, political affiliation,
 color, or national origin or ancestry.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
 Act takes effect September 1, 2021.