88R3700 SGM-D
By: Reynolds H.B. No. 1020
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the acceptance of identification for voters who
identify as transgender.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 32, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 32.116 to read as follows:
Sec. 32.116. REQUIRED TRAINING RELATED TO ACCEPTING VOTERS
WHO IDENTIFY AS TRANSGENDER. Each program, standard, or material
for any training developed under this subchapter must include:
(1) guidance for election workers to accept photo
identification that may not align with a person's presenting gender
expression or identity; and
(2) information about voters who identify as
transgender and their historical disenfranchisement.
SECTION 2. Section 63.0101, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) An indication of gender on a form of identification
described by this section that does not align with the gender
expression or identity of the person seeking to vote does not
invalidate the form of identification for the purpose of accepting
a voter for voting.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.