| 1 | 1 | | By: Schofield H.B. No. 4329 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the residence address of an applicant for purposes of |
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| 7 | 7 | | voter registration. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 13.001, Election Code, is amended by |
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| 10 | 10 | | adding subsection (d) as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 13.001. ELIGIBILITY FOR REGISTRATION. (a) To be |
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| 12 | 12 | | eligible for registration as a voter in this state, a person must: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (1) be 18 years of age or older; |
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| 14 | 14 | | (2) be a United States citizen; |
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| 15 | 15 | | (3) not have been determined by a final judgment of a |
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| 16 | 16 | | court exercising probate jurisdiction to be: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (A) totally mentally incapacitated; or |
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| 18 | 18 | | (B) partially mentally incapacitated without the |
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| 19 | 19 | | right to vote; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (4) not have been finally convicted of a felony or, if |
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| 21 | 21 | | so convicted, must have: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (A) fully discharged the person's sentence, |
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| 23 | 23 | | including any term of incarceration, parole, or supervision, or |
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| 24 | 24 | | completed a period of probation ordered by any court; or |
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| 25 | 25 | | (B) been pardoned or otherwise released from the |
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| 26 | 26 | | resulting disability to vote; and |
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| 27 | 27 | | (5) be a resident of the county in which application |
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| 28 | 28 | | for registration is made. |
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| 29 | 29 | | (b) To be eligible to apply for registration, a person must, |
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| 30 | 30 | | on the date the registration application is submitted to the |
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| 31 | 31 | | registrar, be at least 17 years and 10 months of age and satisfy the |
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| 32 | 32 | | requirements of Subsection (a) except for age. |
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| 33 | 33 | | (c) For purposes of Subsection (a)(4), a person is not |
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| 34 | 34 | | considered to have been finally convicted of an offense for which |
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| 35 | 35 | | the criminal proceedings are deferred without an adjudication of |
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| 36 | 36 | | guilt. |
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| 37 | 37 | | (d) To be eligible to apply for registration at a residence, |
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| 38 | 38 | | the person must habitually sleep at that residence. A person whose |
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| 39 | 39 | | residence has an address is only eligible to register at that |
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| 40 | 40 | | address and is not eligible to register at any other place. |
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| 41 | 41 | | SECTION 2. Section 13.002(c), Election Code, is amended to |
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| 42 | 42 | | read as follows: |
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| 43 | 43 | | (c) A registration application must include: |
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| 44 | 44 | | (1) the applicant's first name, middle name, if any, |
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| 45 | 45 | | last name, and former name, if any; |
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| 46 | 46 | | (2) the month, day, and year of the applicant's birth; |
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| 47 | 47 | | (3) a statement that the applicant is a United States |
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| 48 | 48 | | citizen; |
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| 49 | 49 | | (4) a statement that the applicant is a resident of the |
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| 50 | 50 | | county; |
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| 51 | 51 | | (5) a statement that the applicant has not been |
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| 52 | 52 | | determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate |
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| 53 | 53 | | jurisdiction to be: |
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| 54 | 54 | | (A) totally mentally incapacitated; or |
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| 55 | 55 | | (B) partially mentally incapacitated without the |
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| 56 | 56 | | right to vote; |
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| 57 | 57 | | (6) a statement that the applicant has not been |
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| 58 | 58 | | finally convicted of a felony or that the applicant is a felon |
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| 59 | 59 | | eligible for registration under Section 13.001; |
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| 60 | 60 | | (7) the applicant's residence address under Section |
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| 61 | 61 | | 13.001(d) or, if the residence has no address:[,] |
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| 62 | 62 | | (A) the address at which the applicant receives |
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| 63 | 63 | | mail; |
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| 64 | 64 | | (B) [and] a concise description of the location |
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| 65 | 65 | | of the applicant's residence; and |
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| 66 | 66 | | (C) a statement that the applicant's residence |
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| 67 | 67 | | has no address; |
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| 68 | 68 | | (8) the following information: |
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| 69 | 69 | | (A) the applicant's Texas driver's license number |
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| 70 | 70 | | or the number of a personal identification card issued by the |
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| 71 | 71 | | Department of Public Safety; |
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| 72 | 72 | | (B) if the applicant has not been issued a number |
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| 73 | 73 | | described by Paragraph (A), the last four digits of the applicant's |
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| 74 | 74 | | social security number; or |
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| 75 | 75 | | (C) a statement by the applicant that the |
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| 76 | 76 | | applicant has not been issued a number described by Paragraph (A) or |
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| 77 | 77 | | (B); |
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| 78 | 78 | | (9) if the application is made by an agent, a statement |
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| 79 | 79 | | of the agent's relationship to the applicant; and |
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| 80 | 80 | | (10) the city and county in which the applicant |
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| 81 | 81 | | formerly resided. |
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| 82 | 82 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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