LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION April 14, 2025 TO: Honorable Bryan Hughes, Chair, Senate Committee on State Affairs FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: SB1862 by Hughes (relating to interstate notification by the voter registrar of certain applicants for voter registration.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend the Election Code related to certain applicants for voter registration. In cases where applicants are applying to vote in Texas after previously being resident in another state, it would require voter registrars in Texas to submit a periodic report to the Secretary of State (SOS) providing certain information about these applicants. The SOS would be required to notify the voter registrar with jurisdiction over the previous residence of a voter that the voter may be removed from that jurisdiction's voter registration list.It is assumed that any costs related to this bill at the SOS could be absorbed within existing resources. Local Government ImpactThe fiscal implications of the bill to voter registrars cannot be determined at this time. Source Agencies: b > td > 307 Secretary of State LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, WP, GP
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 89TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
April 14, 2025
TO: Honorable Bryan Hughes, Chair, Senate Committee on State Affairs FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE: SB1862 by Hughes (relating to interstate notification by the voter registrar of certain applicants for voter registration.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
TO: Honorable Bryan Hughes, Chair, Senate Committee on State Affairs
FROM: Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB1862 by Hughes (relating to interstate notification by the voter registrar of certain applicants for voter registration.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
Honorable Bryan Hughes, Chair, Senate Committee on State Affairs
Honorable Bryan Hughes, Chair, Senate Committee on State Affairs
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
SB1862 by Hughes (relating to interstate notification by the voter registrar of certain applicants for voter registration.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
SB1862 by Hughes (relating to interstate notification by the voter registrar of certain applicants for voter registration.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Election Code related to certain applicants for voter registration. In cases where applicants are applying to vote in Texas after previously being resident in another state, it would require voter registrars in Texas to submit a periodic report to the Secretary of State (SOS) providing certain information about these applicants. The SOS would be required to notify the voter registrar with jurisdiction over the previous residence of a voter that the voter may be removed from that jurisdiction's voter registration list.It is assumed that any costs related to this bill at the SOS could be absorbed within existing resources.
Local Government Impact
The fiscal implications of the bill to voter registrars cannot be determined at this time.
Source Agencies: b > td > 307 Secretary of State
307 Secretary of State
LBB Staff: b > td > JMc, WP, GP
JMc, WP, GP