By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 2681
(In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2025; April 3, 2025, read
first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
April 14, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9,
Nays 0; April 14, 2025, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the basis for a third-party challenge to a voter's
registration.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 16.092, Election Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 16.092. SWORN STATEMENT REQUIRED. A voter desiring to
challenge a registration must file with the registrar a sworn
statement of the grounds for the challenge that:
(1) identifies the voter whose registration is being
challenged; and
(2) states a specific qualification for registration
that the challenged voter has not met based on:
(A) the personal knowledge of the voter desiring
to challenge the registration; or
(B) a fact not subject to reasonable dispute
because the fact is generally known or can be determined from a
reliable source.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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