89R15628 MPF-D
By: Jones of Harris H.B. No. 3571
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requirements for a judicial action in which a
candidate's eligibility is in issue.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 145, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 145.006 to read as follows:
Sec. 145.006. CHALLENGED CANDIDATE AS NECESSARY PARTY IN
JUDICIAL ACTION ON ELIGIBILITY. In any judicial action in which a
candidate's eligibility is in issue, the candidate whose
eligibility is in issue is a necessary party to the proceedings.
SECTION 2. Section 145.006, Election Code, as added by this
Act, applies only to a judicial action instituted on or after the
effective date of this Act. A judicial action instituted before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
date the action was instituted, and the former law is continued in
effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.