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| 1 | 1 | By: Miles S.B. No. 1977 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to voting while confined in jail. | |
| 7 | 7 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 8 | 8 | SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 31, Election Code, is | |
| 9 | 9 | amended by adding Section 31.125 to read as follows: | |
| 10 | 10 | Sec. 31.125. VOTER EDUCATION FOR PERSONS CONFINED IN JAIL. | |
| 11 | 11 | (a) The secretary of state, the authority in charge of the jail in | |
| 12 | 12 | each county, and the early voting clerk of each county shall take | |
| 13 | 13 | appropriate action to: | |
| 14 | 14 | (1) inform each qualified voter confined in jail of | |
| 15 | 15 | the voter's right to vote; and | |
| 16 | 16 | (2) provide the qualified voter an opportunity to | |
| 17 | 17 | vote. | |
| 18 | 18 | (b) The authority in charge of the jail shall allow a person | |
| 19 | 19 | who is qualified to vote and confined in jail access to a voter | |
| 20 | 20 | registrar or deputy voter registrar for the purpose of submitting | |
| 21 | 21 | an application to register to vote. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |