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| 1 | 1 | 87R9332 ADM-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Bucy H.B. No. 3524 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the elements of the offense of illegal voting. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 64.012(a), Election Code, is amended to | |
| 10 | 10 | read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | (a) A person commits an offense if the person: | |
| 12 | 12 | (1) votes or attempts to vote in an election if [in | |
| 13 | 13 | which] the person knows: | |
| 14 | 14 | (A) of particular circumstances that make the | |
| 15 | 15 | person [is] not eligible to vote in the election; and | |
| 16 | 16 | (B) that those circumstances make the person not | |
| 17 | 17 | eligible to vote in the election; | |
| 18 | 18 | (2) knowingly votes or attempts to vote more than once | |
| 19 | 19 | in an election; | |
| 20 | 20 | (3) knowingly votes or attempts to vote a ballot | |
| 21 | 21 | belonging to another person, or by impersonating another person; or | |
| 22 | 22 | (4) knowingly marks or attempts to mark any portion of | |
| 23 | 23 | another person's ballot without the consent of that person, or | |
| 24 | 24 | without specific direction from that person how to mark the ballot. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to an | |
| 26 | 26 | offense under Section 64.012(a)(1), Election Code, regardless of | |
| 27 | 27 | whether the offense was committed before, on, or after the | |
| 28 | 28 | effective date of this Act. | |
| 29 | 29 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |