87R12173 SLB-D
By: Cain H.B. No. 3645
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the elements of illegal voting; clarifying a criminal
offense.
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 in which
the person knows the person is not eligible to vote;
(2) knowingly votes or attempts to vote more than once
in an election;
(3) knowingly votes or attempts to vote in an election
in this state after voting in another state in an election in which
a federal office appears on the ballot and the election day for both
states is the same day;
(4) knowingly votes or attempts to vote a ballot
belonging to another person, or by impersonating another person; or
(5) [(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. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.