Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R706 PRL-D
2	2	By: Bucy H.B. No. 3786
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the declaration of a candidate's ineligibility on the
10	10	basis of filing an application for a place on the general primary
11	11	election ballot or for nomination by convention with more than one
12	12	political party.
13	13	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14	14	SECTION 1. Chapter 162, Election Code, is amended by adding
15	15	Section 162.0151 to read as follows:
16	16	Sec. 162.0151. CANDIDACY PROHIBITED. (a) A candidate who
17	17	files an application for a place on the general primary election
18	18	ballot or for nomination by convention with more than one political
19	19	party in the same voting year shall be ineligible for:
20	20	(1) a place on the ballot for a general primary
21	21	election;
22	22	(2) nomination by convention; and
23	23	(3) the succeeding general election as:
24	24	(A) an independent candidate;
25	25	(B) the nominee of a political party; or
26	26	(C) a write-in candidate.
27	27	(b) A candidate's name shall be omitted from the general
28	28	primary election ballot of each political party with which the
29	29	candidate filed an application for a place on the ballot if, not
30	30	later than the 10th day after the date of the regular filing
31	31	deadline for the general primary election, the secretary of state
32	32	determines that the candidate is ineligible under Subsection (a).
33	33	(c) The secretary of state shall provide written notice to a
34	34	candidate declared ineligible under this section. The notice
35	35	required under this subsection shall inform the candidate:
36	36	(1) of the candidate's ineligibility;
37	37	(2) that the candidate may withdraw from the general
38	38	primary election under Section 172.052; and
39	39	(3) if the candidate refuses to withdraw, the
40	40	candidate's name shall be omitted from the general primary election
41	41	ballot.
42	42	(d) The secretary of state shall prescribe any procedures
43	43	necessary to implement this section.
44	44	SECTION 2. Section 172.028(c), Election Code, is amended to
45	45	read as follows:
46	46	(c) A candidate's name may not be certified:
47	47	(1) if, before delivering the certification, the state
48	48	chair learns that the name is to be omitted from the ballot under
49	49	Section 162.0151 or Section 172.057; or
50	50	(2) for an office for which the candidate's
51	51	application is invalid under Section 141.033.
52	52	SECTION 3. Section 181.068(c), Election Code, is amended to
53	53	read as follows:
54	54	(c) A presiding officer may not certify a candidate's name:
55	55	(1) if, before delivering the certification, the
56	56	presiding officer learns that the name is to be omitted from the
57	57	ballot under Section 145.035 or Section 162.0151; or
58	58	(2) for an office for which the candidate's
59	59	application is invalid under Section 141.033.
60	60	SECTION 4. Section 182.007(c), Election Code, is amended to
61	61	read as follows:
62	62	(c) The county chair may not certify a candidate's name:
63	63	(1) if, before delivering the certification, the
64	64	county chair learns that the name is to be omitted from the ballot
65	65	under Section 145.035 or Section 162.0151; or
66	66	(2) for an office for which the candidate's
67	67	application is invalid under Section 141.033.
68	68	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.