89R983 PRL-D
By: Cain H.B. No. 817
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the determination of a majority vote in certain
elections.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 2, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 2.0215 to read as follows:
Sec. 2.0215. DETERMINATION OF MAJORITY VOTE. (a) In this
section, "preferential voting system" means a voting system which
permits a voter to rank each candidate through a numerical
designation from the candidate the voter favors most to the
candidate the voter favors least.
(b) In an election requiring a majority vote to be elected
to a public office, a candidate must receive more than half of the
votes as originally cast. A majority may not be determined by using
a preferential voting system to reassign votes.
SECTION 2. Section 2.022(b), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) Sections 2.0215, 2.023, 2.025, and 2.028 supersede a law
outside this subchapter to the extent of any conflict.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.