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| 1 | 2 | By: Bettencourt, et al. S.B. No. 511 | |
| 2 | - | (In the Senate - Filed November 25, 2024; February 3, 2025, | |
| 3 | - | read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; | |
| 4 | - | April 7, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee | |
| 5 | - | Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 7, 2025, | |
| 6 | - | sent to printer.) | |
| 7 | - | Click here to see the committee vote | |
| 8 | - | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 511 By: Bettencourt | |
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| 11 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 12 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 13 | 9 | relating to prohibiting an officer or employee of this state or of a | |
| 14 | 10 | political subdivision of this state from distributing certain voter | |
| 15 | - | registration application forms | |
| 11 | + | registration application forms. | |
| 16 | 12 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 17 | 13 | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 13, Election Code, is | |
| 18 | 14 | amended by adding Section 13.009 to read as follows: | |
| 19 | - | Sec. 13.009. DISTRIBUTION OF APPLICATION; OFFENSE. (a) | |
| 20 | - | Except as otherwise provided by a provision of this code, including | |
| 21 | - | provisions of this chapter and Chapter 20, an officer or employee of | |
| 22 | - | this state or of a political subdivision of this state may not | |
| 15 | + | Sec. 13.009. DISTRIBUTION OF APPLICATION. (a) Except as | |
| 16 | + | provided by Subsection (c) or Subchapter B, an officer or employee | |
| 17 | + | of this state or of a political subdivision of this state may not | |
| 23 | 18 | distribute a form on which a person may apply for registration to a | |
| 24 | 19 | person who did not request it. | |
| 25 | 20 | (b) An officer or employee of this state or of a political | |
| 26 | 21 | subdivision of this state may not use public funds to facilitate the | |
| 27 | - | distribution by another person of a form the officer or employee | |
| 28 | - | would be prohibited from distributing under Subsection (a). | |
| 29 | - | (c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a political party or a | |
| 30 | - | candidate for office may distribute a form described by Subsection | |
| 22 | + | distribution by another person of a form described by Subsection | |
| 31 | 23 | (a) to a person who did not request it. | |
| 32 | - | (d) An officer or employee of this state or of a political | |
| 33 | - | subdivision of this state commits an offense if the officer or | |
| 34 | - | employee violates Subsection (a) or (b). | |
| 35 | - | (e) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor. | |
| 24 | + | (c) A political party or a candidate for office may | |
| 25 | + | distribute a form described by Subsection (a) to a person who did | |
| 26 | + | not request it. | |
| 36 | 27 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | |
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