87R12148 SGM-D By: Clardy H.B. No. 3556 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the training of volunteer deputy voter registrars. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 13.047, Election Code, is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: (c) Training developed under this section must be administered in person. SECTION 2. Section 13.048(c), Election Code, is amended to read as follows: (c) A county that has adopted the method under this section: (1) shall administer the required examination to a potential volunteer deputy registrar at any time during the county voter registrar's regular business hours; and (2) is [not] required to hold in-person training sessions for potential volunteer deputy registrars. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.