Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1		By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 901
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	2	+	(In the Senate - Filed January 24, 2025; February 13, 2025,
	3	+	read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
	4	+	March 31, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
	5	+	Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; March 31, 2025,
	6	+	sent to printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
	8	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 901 By: Hall
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6	11		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
7	12		AN ACT
8	13		relating to the declaration of a candidate's ineligibility on the
9	14		basis of filing an application for a place on the general primary
10	15		election ballot or for nomination by convention with more than one
11	16		political party.
12	17		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	18		SECTION 1. Chapter 162, Election Code, is amended by adding
14	19		Section 162.0151 to read as follows:
15	20		Sec. 162.0151. CANDIDACY PROHIBITED. (a) A candidate who
16	21		files an application for a place on the general primary election
17	22		ballot or for nomination by convention with more than one political
18	23		party in the same voting year shall be ineligible for:
19	24		(1) a place on the ballot for a general primary
20	25		election;
21	26		(2) nomination by convention; and
22	27		(3) the succeeding general election as:
23	28		(A) an independent candidate in a partisan
24	29		election;
25	30		(B) the nominee of a political party; or
26	31		(C) a write-in candidate in a partisan election.
27	32		(b) A candidate's name shall be omitted from the general
28	33		primary election ballot of each political party with which the
29	34		candidate filed an application for a place on the ballot if, not
30	35		later than the 10th day after the date of the regular filing
31	36		deadline for the general primary election, the secretary of state
32	37		determines that the candidate is ineligible under Subsection (a).
33	38		(c) The secretary of state shall provide written notice to a
34	39		candidate declared ineligible under this section. The notice
35	40		required under this subsection shall inform the candidate:
36	41		(1) of the candidate's ineligibility;
37	42		(2) that the candidate may withdraw from the general
38	43		primary election under Section 172.052; and
39	44		(3) if the candidate refuses to withdraw, the
40	45		candidate's name shall be omitted from the general primary election
41	46		ballot.
42	47		(d) The secretary of state shall prescribe any procedures
43	48		necessary to implement this section.
44	49		SECTION 2. Section 172.028(c), Election Code, is amended to
45	50		read as follows:
46	51		(c) A candidate's name may not be certified:
47	52		(1) if, before delivering the certification, the state
48	53		chair learns that the name is to be omitted from the ballot under
49	54		Section 162.0151 or Section 172.057; or
50	55		(2) for an office for which the candidate's
51	56		application is invalid under Section 141.033.
52	57		SECTION 3. Section 181.068(c), Election Code, is amended to
53	58		read as follows:
54	59		(c) A presiding officer may not certify a candidate's name:
55	60		(1) if, before delivering the certification, the
56	61		presiding officer learns that the name is to be omitted from the
57	62		ballot under Section 145.035 or Section 162.0151; or
58	63		(2) for an office for which the candidate's
59	64		application is invalid under Section 141.033.
60	65		SECTION 4. Section 182.007(c), Election Code, is amended to
61	66		read as follows:
62	67		(c) The county chair may not certify a candidate's name:
63	68		(1) if, before delivering the certification, the
64	69		county chair learns that the name is to be omitted from the ballot
65	70		under Section 145.035 or Section 162.0151; or
66	71		(2) for an office for which the candidate's
67	72		application is invalid under Section 141.033.
68	73		SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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