H.B. No. 357
AN ACT
relating to the requirements to access the online tracker of an
application for a ballot to be voted by mail and to the date of
runoff elections.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2.025, Election Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as
follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (d) or as otherwise
provided by this code, a runoff election shall be held on a Saturday
designated by the secretary of state [not earlier than the 20th or
later than the 45th day after the date the final canvass of the main
election is completed].
(e) A date designated by the secretary of state under this
section for a runoff election:
(1) must be:
(A) not earlier than the 30th day after the date
of the main election; and
(B) not later than the 45th day after the date of
the main election; and
(2) may not:
(A) be a national or state holiday under Section
1.006(f); or
(B) have an early voting period that includes a
national or state holiday under Section 1.006(f).
SECTION 2. Section 86.015(b), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) The online tool developed or provided under Subsection
(a) must require the voter to provide, before permitting the voter
to access information described by that subsection:
(1) the voter's name and date of birth [registration
address] and the last four digits of the voter's social security
number; and
(2) the voter's:
(A) driver's license number; or
(B) personal identification card number issued
by the Department of Public Safety.
SECTION 3. Section 2.025(b), Election Code, is repealed.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 357 was passed by the House on April
27, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
H.B. No. 357 on May 25, 2023, and requested the appointment of a
conference committee to consider the differences between the two
houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
on H.B. No. 357 on May 28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 140,
Nays 0, 2 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 357 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 21, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
357 on May 28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor