89R8067 LRM-D By: Hayes H.B. No. 2804 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to assisting a voter at an early voting polling place. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 85.035, Election Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 85.035. ASSISTING VOTER. A person voting an early voting ballot by personal appearance who requests assistance [is assisted] in preparing the ballot shall be assisted in the same manner provided by [election officers under] Subchapter B, Chapter 64[, may be assisted by a single officer]. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.