Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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2	2	By: Meza H.B. No. 611
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to electronic voter registration.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 13, Election Code, is
12	12	amended by adding Section 13.009 to read as follows:
13	13	Sec. 13.009. ELECTRONIC VOTER REGISTRATION. (a) The
14	14	secretary of state shall implement a program to allow a person to
15	15	complete a voter registration application over the Internet from
16	16	the official state Internet website. The secretary of state and the
17	17	Department of Public Safety Internet websites must provide a link
18	18	to the application on the official state Internet website.
19	19	(b) An applicant for electronic voter registration who has a
20	20	state-issued driver's license or personal identification card,
21	21	regardless of whether the license or card is unexpired, must:
22	22	(1) attest to the truth of the information on the
23	23	application by affirmatively accepting the information as true; and
24	24	(2) affirmatively consent to the use of the signature
25	25	on the applicant's driver's license or personal identification card
26	26	for voter registration purposes.
27	27	(c) An applicant for electronic voter registration who does
28	28	not have a state-issued driver's license or personal identification
29	29	card must:
30	30	(1) attest to the truth of the information on the
31	31	application by affirmatively accepting the information as true; and
32	32	(2) print a registration application from the Internet
33	33	website the applicant is using to register, sign the application,
34	34	and mail it to the registrar.
35	35	(d) For each application submitted under Subsection (b),
36	36	the program must require that a digital copy of the applicant's
37	37	signature be obtained from the Department of Public Safety.
38	38	(e) For each application submitted under Subsection (c),
39	39	the program must provide the applicant with:
40	40	(1) a registration application that the applicant can
41	41	print from the registration website, sign, and mail to the
42	42	registrar as required under Subsection (c)(2); and
43	43	(2) information about how the applicant can obtain a
44	44	driver's license or personal identification card from the
45	45	Department of Public Safety.
46	46	(f) An application submitted under this section is
47	47	considered for all purposes an application submitted by mail under
48	48	this title.
49	49	(g) The secretary of state shall adopt rules as necessary to
50	50	implement this section, including rules to provide for security
51	51	measures to ensure the accuracy and integrity of applications
52	52	submitted electronically.
53	53	(h) The rules adopted under Subsection (g) must require
54	54	that:
55	55	(1) the Internet website through which a person may
56	56	complete a voter registration application include a description of
57	57	the offense described by Section 13.007 in a conspicuous location
58	58	on the website near the place where the person begins or submits the
59	59	application; and
60	60	(2) the state electronic Internet portal project is
61	61	used to authenticate the identity of a person who submits an
62	62	application electronically under this section.
63	63	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.