By: Springer S.B. No. 1730
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a moratorium on certain election practices and
procedures.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 31, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 31.126 to read as follows:
Sec. 31.126. MORATORIUM ON CERTAIN ACTIONS BEFORE ELECTION
DAY. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, any changes made by an
election authority to a practice or procedure related to election
administration or voter registration must be finalized not later
than the 45th day before election day.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, during the 45 days
preceding election day:
(1) Deviations from the practices or procedures are
presumptively invalid and subject to injunctive relief under
Section 273.081, unless there is a declared state of disaster or
emergency under Chapter 418 or Chapter 433 of the Government Code.
(c) The attorney general may obtain injunctive relief to
enforce this section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.