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| 1 | 1 | 89R1902 LRM-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Simmons H.B. No. 2139 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to voting by a voter unable to enter a polling place. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 64.009(a), Election Code, is amended to | |
| 12 | 12 | read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (a) On [If a voter is physically unable to enter the polling | |
| 14 | 14 | place without personal assistance or likelihood of injuring the | |
| 15 | 15 | voter's health, on] the voter's request, an election officer shall | |
| 16 | 16 | deliver a ballot to the voter at the polling place entrance or curb | |
| 17 | 17 | if the voter: | |
| 18 | 18 | (1) is physically unable to enter the polling place | |
| 19 | 19 | without personal assistance or likelihood of injuring the voter's | |
| 20 | 20 | health; | |
| 21 | 21 | (2) has legal custody of a child younger than 12 years | |
| 22 | 22 | of age and entering the polling place would require leaving the | |
| 23 | 23 | child without adequate supervision; or | |
| 24 | 24 | (3) is the primary caretaker of a person who is unable | |
| 25 | 25 | to care for themselves and entering the polling place would require | |
| 26 | 26 | leaving the person without adequate supervision. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |