Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R335 MLH-F
2	2	By: Howard H.B. No. 2074
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to allowing a person who will be 18 years of age on the date
10	10	of the general election for state and county officers to vote in the
11	11	preceding primary elections.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Section 13.001, Election Code, is amended by
14	14	amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsections (d) and (e)
15	15	to read as follows:
16	16	(a) To be eligible for registration as a voter in this
17	17	state, a person must:
18	18	(1) except as provided by Subsection (d), be 18 years
19	19	of age or older;
20	20	(2) be a United States citizen;
21	21	(3) not have been determined by a final judgment of a
22	22	court exercising probate jurisdiction to be:
23	23	(A) totally mentally incapacitated; or
24	24	(B) partially mentally incapacitated without the
25	25	right to vote;
26	26	(4) not have been finally convicted of a felony or, if
27	27	so convicted, must have:
28	28	(A) fully discharged the person's sentence,
29	29	including any term of incarceration, parole, or supervision, or
30	30	completed a period of probation ordered by any court; or
31	31	(B) been pardoned or otherwise released from the
32	32	resulting disability to vote; and
33	33	(5) be a resident of the county in which application
34	34	for registration is made.
35	35	(b) Except as provided by Subsection (d), to [To] be
36	36	eligible to apply for registration, a person must, on the date the
37	37	registration application is submitted to the registrar, be at least
38	38	17 years and 10 months of age and satisfy the requirements of
39	39	Subsection (a) except for age.
40	40	(d) A person who will be 18 years of age or older on the date
41	41	of the next general election for state and county officers is
42	42	eligible to register as a voter in this state for the purposes of
43	43	voting in the primary election to determine a political party's
44	44	nominees for the general election if the person satisfies the
45	45	requirements of Subsection (a) except for age. The secretary of
46	46	state shall prescribe procedures necessary to implement this
47	47	subsection.
48	48	(e) The voter registrar may send a written notice to each
49	49	person who registers to vote under Subsection (d) stating that the
50	50	person is only eligible to vote in a primary election or runoff
51	51	primary election and that the person is not eligible to vote in any
52	52	other election until the person is 18 years of age. The notice may
53	53	list the elections in which the person is not eligible to vote.
54	54	SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 172, Election Code, is
55	55	amended by adding Section 172.005 to read as follows:
56	56	Sec. 172.005. VOTING BY PERSON UNDER AGE 18. (a)
57	57	Notwithstanding Section 11.001, a person may vote in a primary
58	58	election if the person:
59	59	(1) will be 18 years of age or older on the date of the
60	60	subsequent general election for state and county officers; and
61	61	(2) satisfies the requirements for being a qualified
62	62	voter except for age.
63	63	(b) The secretary of state, after consulting with the state
64	64	chairman of each political party required to make nominations by
65	65	primary election, shall prescribe the procedures necessary to
66	66	implement this section.
67	67	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on the date on which the
68	68	constitutional amendment proposed by the 89th Legislature, Regular
69	69	Session, 2025, authorizing a person who will be 18 years of age or
70	70	older on the date of the general election for state and county
71	71	officers to vote in the preceding primary election takes effect. If
72	72	that amendment is not approved by the voters, this Act has no
73	73	effect.