By: Hinojosa H.B. No. 1180
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to voting a limited ballot on election day following the
change of the county of residence by a voter.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 112.002(a) and (d), Election Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) After changing residence to another county, a person is
eligible to vote a limited ballot by personal appearance during the
early voting period, on election day, or by mail if:
(1) the person would have been eligible to vote in the
county of former residence on election day if still residing in that
county;
(2) the person is registered to vote in the county of
former residence at the time the person:
(A) offers to vote in the county of new
residence; or
(B) submitted a voter registration application
in the county of new residence; and
(3) a voter registration for the person in the county
of new residence is not effective on or before election day.
(d) A statement executed under Subsection (c) shall be
submitted:
(1) to an election officer at the main early voting
polling place, if the person is voting by personal appearance; [or]
(2) to a person designated by the early voting clerk at
the location used for the main early voting polling place, if the
person is voting on election day; or
(3) with the person's application for a ballot to be
voted by mail, if the person is voting by mail.
SECTION 2. Section 112.006, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 112.006. PLACE FOR VOTING BY PERSONAL APPEARANCE OR ON
ELECTION DAY. A person may vote a limited ballot by personal
appearance only at the main early voting polling place. A person
may vote a limited ballot on election day only at the location of
the main early voting polling place.
SECTION 3. Section 112.010(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) If early voting by personal appearance is conducted by
voting machine, the early voting clerk may conduct the personal
appearance voting of limited ballots by using official ballots for
early voting by mail. The early voting clerk may conduct voting of
limited ballots on election day at the location of the main early
voting polling place by using official ballots for early voting by
mail.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.