By: Hughes S.R. No. 706
SENATE RESOLUTION
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, That Senate Rule 12.03 be
suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the
conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on
House Bill 357 (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) to consider and take action on the following
matter:
Senate Rule 12.03(4) is suspended to permit the committee
to add text on a matter not included in either the house or senate
version of the bill by adding the following SECTIONS to the bill:
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 3. Section 2.025(b), Election Code, is repealed.
Explanation: This change is necessary to provide for
consistency and predictability in determining the date of a
runoff election.
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President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on May 28, 2023, by the
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate