By: Schofield H.B. No. 4329
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the residence address of an applicant for purposes of
voter registration.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 13.001, Election Code, is amended by
adding subsection (d) as follows:
Sec. 13.001. ELIGIBILITY FOR REGISTRATION. (a) To be
eligible for registration as a voter in this state, a person must:
(1) be 18 years of age or older;
(2) be a United States citizen;
(3) not have been determined by a final judgment of a
court exercising probate jurisdiction to be:
(A) totally mentally incapacitated; or
(B) partially mentally incapacitated without the
right to vote;
(4) not have been finally convicted of a felony or, if
so convicted, must have:
(A) fully discharged the person's sentence,
including any term of incarceration, parole, or supervision, or
completed a period of probation ordered by any court; or
(B) been pardoned or otherwise released from the
resulting disability to vote; and
(5) be a resident of the county in which application
for registration is made.
(b) To be eligible to apply for registration, a person must,
on the date the registration application is submitted to the
registrar, be at least 17 years and 10 months of age and satisfy the
requirements of Subsection (a) except for age.
(c) For purposes of Subsection (a)(4), a person is not
considered to have been finally convicted of an offense for which
the criminal proceedings are deferred without an adjudication of
guilt.
(d) To be eligible to apply for registration at a residence,
the person must habitually sleep at that residence. A person whose
residence has an address is only eligible to register at that
address and is not eligible to register at any other place.
SECTION 2. Section 13.002(c), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) A registration application must include:
(1) the applicant's first name, middle name, if any,
last name, and former name, if any;
(2) the month, day, and year of the applicant's birth;
(3) a statement that the applicant is a United States
citizen;
(4) a statement that the applicant is a resident of the
county;
(5) a statement that the applicant has not been
determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate
jurisdiction to be:
(A) totally mentally incapacitated; or
(B) partially mentally incapacitated without the
right to vote;
(6) a statement that the applicant has not been
finally convicted of a felony or that the applicant is a felon
eligible for registration under Section 13.001;
(7) the applicant's residence address under Section
13.001(d) or, if the residence has no address:[,]
(A) the address at which the applicant receives
mail;
(B) [and] a concise description of the location
of the applicant's residence; and
(C) a statement that the applicant's residence
has no address;
(8) the following information:
(A) the applicant's Texas driver's license number
or the number of a personal identification card issued by the
Department of Public Safety;
(B) if the applicant has not been issued a number
described by Paragraph (A), the last four digits of the applicant's
social security number; or
(C) a statement by the applicant that the
applicant has not been issued a number described by Paragraph (A) or
(B);
(9) if the application is made by an agent, a statement
of the agent's relationship to the applicant; and
(10) the city and county in which the applicant
formerly resided.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.