| 1 | 1 | | 89R12120 JDK-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Garcia of Dallas H.B. No. 2785 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the display of certain information on the secretary of |
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| 10 | 10 | | state's Internet website prior to the completion of an online voter |
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| 11 | 11 | | registration application. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 31.016, Election Code, is amended by |
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| 14 | 14 | | adding Subsections (f) and (g) to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (f) If the secretary of state adopts a procedure for the |
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| 16 | 16 | | completion of a voter registration application on the secretary of |
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| 17 | 17 | | state's Internet website, on completion of the voter registration |
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| 18 | 18 | | application, the Internet website must display a message requiring |
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| 19 | 19 | | the applicant to electronically acknowledge that: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) completion of the voter registration application |
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| 21 | 21 | | does not constitute registration to vote; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) a completed voter registration application must be |
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| 23 | 23 | | submitted to the applicable voter registrar. |
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| 24 | 24 | | (g) The message required under Subsection (f) must appear in |
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| 25 | 25 | | a format that prevents further interaction with the web page until |
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| 26 | 26 | | the applicant executes the acknowledgement. |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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