| 1 | 1 | | S.B. No. 1070 |
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| 4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 5 | | relating to the interstate voter registration crosscheck program. |
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| 6 | 6 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 7 | 7 | | SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the Alan Vera Memorial |
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| 8 | 8 | | Act. |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 2. Section 18.062, Election Code, is amended to |
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| 10 | 10 | | read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 18.062. INTERSTATE VOTER REGISTRATION CROSSCHECK |
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| 12 | 12 | | PROGRAM. (a) To maintain the statewide voter registration list |
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| 13 | 13 | | and to prevent duplication of registration in more than one state or |
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| 14 | 14 | | jurisdiction, the secretary of state shall: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) cooperate with other states and jurisdictions to |
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| 16 | 16 | | develop systems to compare voters, voter history, and voter |
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| 17 | 17 | | registration lists to identify voters: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (A) whose addresses have changed; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (B) who are not qualified under Section |
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| 20 | 20 | | 11.002(a)(4); or |
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| 21 | 21 | | (C) who are registered to vote in more than one |
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| 22 | 22 | | state; or |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2) identify and contract with the provider of a |
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| 24 | 24 | | private sector data system to identify voters: |
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| 25 | 25 | | (A) whose addresses have changed; |
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| 26 | 26 | | (B) who are registered to vote in more than one |
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| 27 | 27 | | state; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (C) who are deceased; or |
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| 29 | 29 | | (D) who are not qualified under Section |
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| 30 | 30 | | 11.002(a)(4). |
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| 31 | 31 | | (a-1) A private sector data system under Subsection (a)(2) |
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| 32 | 32 | | must have demonstrated an ability to work with registered voter |
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| 33 | 33 | | identification and matching systems. |
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| 34 | 34 | | (b) A system developed under this section and any vendor |
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| 35 | 35 | | involved with the system must comply with: |
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| 36 | 36 | | (1) the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (52 |
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| 37 | 37 | | U.S.C. Section 20501 et seq.) and the Help America Vote Act of 2002 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (52 U.S.C. Section 20901 et seq.); and |
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| 39 | 39 | | (2) all state and federal laws relating to the |
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| 40 | 40 | | protection of personal information. |
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| 41 | 41 | | (c) The cost to begin operations with a system under |
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| 42 | 42 | | Subsection (a)(2) may not exceed $100,000. |
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| 43 | 43 | | (d) The cost of continuing operations with a system under |
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| 44 | 44 | | Subsection (a)(2) may not exceed one dollar for each voter |
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| 45 | 45 | | identified under Subsection (a)(2). |
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| 46 | 46 | | (e) The secretary of state may not provide to a system under |
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| 47 | 47 | | Subsection (a)(2) any information that is not: |
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| 48 | 48 | | (1) found in a voter roll; and |
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| 49 | 49 | | (2) necessary to identify voters under Subsection |
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| 50 | 50 | | (a)(2). |
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| 51 | 51 | | (f) The secretary of state shall record information related |
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| 52 | 52 | | to the system under Subsection (a)(2) and shall submit to the |
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| 53 | 53 | | legislature a report on that information not later than the first |
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| 54 | 54 | | day of each quarter of the state's fiscal year. |
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| 55 | 55 | | (g) A contract with a system under Subsection (a)(2) may not |
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| 56 | 56 | | require any additional duty of the state not required by this |
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| 57 | 57 | | section. |
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| 58 | 58 | | (h) The secretary of state may not contract with a private |
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| 59 | 59 | | sector data system under Subsection (a)(2) unless the system: |
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| 60 | 60 | | (1) requires a background check for each employee of a |
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| 61 | 61 | | potential vendor for the system; and |
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| 62 | 62 | | (2) uses data from the National Change of Address |
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| 63 | 63 | | database. |
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| 64 | 64 | | (i) In addition to using a system described by Subsection |
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| 65 | 65 | | (a), the secretary of state shall use data from the National Change |
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| 66 | 66 | | of Address database to identify voters whose addresses have changed |
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| 67 | 67 | | for the purpose of preventing duplication of registration in more |
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| 68 | 68 | | than one state or jurisdiction. |
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| 69 | 69 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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| 70 | 70 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 71 | 71 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 72 | 72 | | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1070 passed the Senate on |
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| 73 | 73 | | April 12, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 18, Nays 12; and that |
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| 74 | 74 | | the Senate concurred in House amendments on May 27, 2023, by the |
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| 75 | 75 | | following vote: Yeas 19, Nays 12. |
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| 76 | 76 | | ______________________________ |
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| 77 | 77 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 78 | 78 | | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1070 passed the House, with |
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| 79 | 79 | | amendments, on May 23, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 85, |
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| 80 | 80 | | Nays 61, one present not voting. |
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| 81 | 81 | | ______________________________ |
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| 82 | 82 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 83 | 83 | | Approved: |
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| 84 | 84 | | ______________________________ |
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| 85 | 85 | | Date |
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| 86 | 86 | | ______________________________ |
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| 87 | 87 | | Governor |
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