89R5121 LRM-D
By: Eckhardt S.B. No. 1070
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the date on which a voter registration application
becomes effective.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 13.042(c), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) An application submitted after the 19th [34th] day
before the date of an election and on or before the last day for a
person to timely submit a registration application for that
election as provided by Section 13.143 shall be delivered not later
than 5 p.m. of the next regular business day after the date to
timely submit a registration application for that election as
provided by Section 13.143.
SECTION 2. Section 13.143(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (e), if an
applicant's registration application is approved, the registration
becomes effective on the 15th [30th] day after the date the
application is submitted to the registrar or on the date the
applicant becomes 18 years of age, whichever is later.
SECTION 3. Section 13.144(a), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) Not later than the 15th [30th] day after the date the
registrar receives the application, the registrar shall deliver the
original of an initial certificate:
(1) in person to the applicant or the applicant's agent
appointed under Section 13.003; or
(2) by mail to the applicant.
SECTION 4. Sections 15.025(a) and (d), Election Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(a) Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (d), the
registration of a voter described by this subsection whose
information is changed on the registration records becomes
effective as to the change on the 15th [30th] day after:
(1) the date the voter submits to the registrar a
notice of a change in registration information under Section 15.021
or a response under Section 15.053, indicating the change; or
(2) the date the voter submits a statement of
residence to an election officer under Section 63.0011 or a
registration application or change of address to an agency employee
under Chapter 20, indicating the change.
(d) If the 15th [30th] day before the date of an election is
a Saturday, Sunday, or legal state or national holiday, the
document is considered to be timely if it is submitted to the
registrar on or before the next regular business day.
SECTION 5. Section 16.0921(c), Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) The registrar may not deliver a confirmation notice
resulting from a sworn statement filed after the 75th day before the
date of the general election for state and county officers until
after the date of that election. This subsection does not apply to
a person who submits a registration application after the 75th day
and prior to the 15th [30th] day before the general election for
state and county officers.
SECTION 6. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a voter registration application submitted on or after the
effective date of this Act. A voter registration application
submitted before the effective date of this Act is governed by the
law in effect when the application was submitted, and the former law
is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.