| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Filed February 19, 2025; March 6, 2025, |
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| 3 | | - | read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; |
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| 4 | | - | March 31, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, |
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| 5 | | - | Nays 0; March 31, 2025, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 9 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 9 | | relating to accepting an early voting ballot voted by mail; |
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| 12 | 10 | | creating a criminal offense. |
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| 13 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 87, Election Code, is |
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| 15 | 13 | | amended by adding Section 87.0412 to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 14 | | Sec. 87.0412. SUSPENSION OF ACCEPTING VOTER REQUIREMENTS |
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| 17 | 15 | | PROHIBITED. (a) A county clerk, elections administrator, early |
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| 18 | 16 | | voting clerk, or early voting ballot board may not suspend the |
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| 19 | 17 | | requirements under Section 87.041(b). |
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| 20 | 18 | | (b) A county clerk, elections administrator, or early |
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| 21 | 19 | | voting clerk who violates this section commits an offense. An |
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| 22 | 20 | | offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor. |
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| 23 | 21 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 24 | 22 | | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 25 | 23 | | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 26 | 24 | | governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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| 27 | 25 | | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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| 28 | 26 | | purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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| 29 | 27 | | effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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| 30 | 28 | | before that date. |
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| 31 | 29 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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