| 1 | 1 | | 89R10577 AB-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Reynolds H.B. No. 3028 |
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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 requiring notice regarding the potential eligibility to |
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| 10 | 10 | | vote of certain persons convicted of a felony. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter O, Chapter 42A, Code of Criminal |
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| 13 | 13 | | Procedure, is amended by adding Article 42A.703 to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | Art. 42A.703. NOTICE REGARDING POTENTIAL ELIGIBILITY FOR |
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| 15 | 15 | | VOTER REGISTRATION. A judge who discharges under Article 42A.701 a |
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| 16 | 16 | | defendant placed on community supervision for a felony shall notify |
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| 17 | 17 | | the defendant, in writing, that the defendant may be eligible to |
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| 18 | 18 | | register to vote under Section 13.001, Election Code. |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 2. Chapter 493, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 20 | 20 | | adding Section 493.036 to read as follows: |
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| 21 | 21 | | Sec. 493.036. NOTICE REGARDING POTENTIAL ELIGIBILITY FOR |
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| 22 | 22 | | VOTER REGISTRATION. (a) In this section, "offender" means an |
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| 23 | 23 | | inmate or state jail defendant. |
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| 24 | 24 | | (b) The department shall notify, in writing, an offender who |
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| 25 | 25 | | completes the offender's sentence, including any period of parole |
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| 26 | 26 | | or mandatory supervision, that the offender may be eligible to |
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| 27 | 27 | | register to vote under Section 13.001, Election Code. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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| 29 | 29 | | a person who fully discharges a sentence, including any term of |
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| 30 | 30 | | incarceration, parole, or supervision, or completes a period of |
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| 31 | 31 | | probation ordered by any court on or after the effective date of |
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| 32 | 32 | | this Act. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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