87R1917 JRJ-F
By: Swanson H.B. No. 895
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the recording of certain personal information of voters
by election officials.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 63, Election Code, is amended by adding
Section 63.0012 to read as follows:
Sec. 63.0012. RECORDED DOCUMENTATION OF CERTAIN PERSONAL
INFORMATION. (a) An election officer may copy documentation
presented by a voter under Section 63.001(b) or record information
from the documentation.
(b) An election officer may photograph the entire face of a
voter who is accepted for voting under this chapter if:
(1) the documentation presented by a voter under
Section 63.001(b) is not documentation issued by the Department of
Public Safety containing the person's photograph; or
(2) the election official questions the authenticity
of the documentation presented by a voter under Section 63.001(b),
regardless of whether the documentation is issued by the Department
of Public Safety and contains the person's photograph.
(c) A voter may only be photographed under this section
while being accepted for voting and may not be photographed while
the voter is occupying a voting station.
(d) Information copied or recorded under this section,
including a photograph produced under Subsection (b), is
confidential except for use in a criminal investigation or
prosecution or a civil court proceeding.
(e) All information collected under this section shall be
provided to the secretary of state for election-related purposes.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.