By: Pierson H.B. No. 4962
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the disclosure of citizenship of a candidate for public
office.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter (B), Section 141.0031, Election Code,
is amended by adding Subsections (N) and (O) to read as follows:
(4) include:
(A) the candidate's name;
(B) the candidate's occupation;
(C) the office sought, including any place number or
other distinguishing number;
(D) an indication of whether the office sought is to be
filled for a full or unexpired term if the office sought and another
office to be voted on have the same title but do not have place
numbers or other distinguishing numbers;
(E) a statement that the candidate is a United States
citizen;
(F) a statement that the candidate has not been
determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate
jurisdiction to be:
(i) totally mentally incapacitated; or
(ii) partially mentally incapacitated without the
right to vote;
(G) an indication that the candidate has either not
been finally convicted of a felony or if so convicted has been
pardoned or otherwise released from the resulting disabilities;
(H) the candidate's date of birth;
(I) the candidate's residence address or, if the
residence has no address, the address at which the candidate
receives mail and a concise description of the location of the
candidate's residence;
(J) the candidate's length of continuous residence in
the state and in the territory from which the office sought is
elected as of the date the candidate swears to the application;
(K) the statement: "I, __________, of __________
County, Texas, being a candidate for the office of __________,
swear that I will support and defend the constitution and laws of
the United States and of the State of Texas";
(L) a statement that the candidate is aware of the
nepotism law, Chapter 573, Government Code; and
(M) a public mailing address at which the candidate
receives correspondence relating to the candidate's campaign, if
available, and an electronic mail address at which the candidate
receives correspondence relating to the candidate's campaign, if
available.
(N) whether the candidate has any citizenship of any
nation except the United States or a federally recognized Indian
tribe. The question must also require the candidate to list their
other nation or nations of citizenship, as applicable.
(O) The information required in subsection (4)(N) must
be posted online in a publicly available place by the secretary of
state.
SECTION 2. This Act applies only to a candidate in an
election held on or after the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.