87R9332 ADM-F
By: Bucy H.B. No. 3524
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 to an
offense under Section 64.012(a)(1), Election Code, regardless of
whether the offense was committed before, on, or after the
effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.