88R9433 TSS-D
By: Reynolds H.B. No. 2480
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring notice regarding the potential eligibility to
vote of certain persons convicted of a felony.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter O, Chapter 42A, Code of Criminal
Procedure, is amended by adding Article 42A.703 to read as follows:
Art. 42A.703. NOTICE REGARDING POTENTIAL ELIGIBILITY FOR
VOTER REGISTRATION. A judge who discharges under Article 42A.701 a
defendant placed on community supervision for a felony shall notify
the defendant, in writing, that the defendant may be eligible to
register to vote under Section 13.001, Election Code.
SECTION 2. Chapter 493, Government Code, is amended by
adding Section 493.035 to read as follows:
Sec. 493.035. NOTICE REGARDING POTENTIAL ELIGIBILITY FOR
VOTER REGISTRATION. (a) In this section, "offender" means an
inmate or state jail defendant.
(b) The department shall notify, in writing, an offender who
completes the offender's sentence, including any period of parole
or mandatory supervision, that the offender may be eligible to
register to vote under Section 13.001, Election Code.
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a person who fully discharges a sentence, including any term of
incarceration, parole, or supervision, or completes a period of
probation ordered by any court on or after the effective date of
this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.