Bill Text: TX HB1238 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the secretary of state posting on the secretary of state's Internet website a database containing information about each holder of and candidate for all elected offices in the state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-04 - Left pending in committee [HB1238 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1238-Introduced.html
| 86R4753 SRS-D | ||
| By: Bucy | H.B. No. 1238 | |
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| relating to the secretary of state posting on the secretary of | ||
| state's Internet website a database containing information about | ||
| each holder of and candidate for all elected offices in the state. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 31, Election Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 31.015 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 31.015. INTERNET DATABASE FOR INCUMBENTS AND | ||
| CANDIDATES. (a) The secretary of state shall post on the secretary | ||
| of state's Internet website a database containing information about | ||
| each holder of and candidate for any elected office in this state. | ||
| (b) The database must include the following information | ||
| about a holder of an elected office: | ||
| (1) name; | ||
| (2) office title, including any district, place, or | ||
| position; | ||
| (3) if the office is elected at large or by district; | ||
| (4) date of the previous and next election for the | ||
| office; | ||
| (5) public mailing address; | ||
| (6) public telephone number, if available; and | ||
| (7) public e-mail address, if available. | ||
| (c) The database must include the following information | ||
| about a candidate for an elected office: | ||
| (1) name; | ||
| (2) office sought, including any district, place, or | ||
| position; | ||
| (3) if the office is elected at large or by district; | ||
| (4) date of the election; | ||
| (5) public mailing address; | ||
| (6) public telephone number, if available; | ||
| (7) public e-mail address, if available; | ||
| (8) name of the incumbent; and | ||
| (9) if the candidate has filed as a write-in | ||
| candidate. | ||
| (d) The authority with whom a declaration of candidacy is | ||
| filed, a state chair of a political party, or the presiding officer | ||
| of a political party's convention shall provide information about a | ||
| candidate or officeholder to the secretary of state. | ||
| (e) The secretary of state may prescribe any procedures | ||
| necessary to implement this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 52.003, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) A candidate's name may not be printed on the ballot | ||
| until the candidate's name appears on the secretary of state's | ||
| Internet website as a candidate for elected office under Section | ||
| 31.015. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 141.032, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (h) to read as follows: | ||
| (h) The authority with whom the application is filed shall | ||
| provide the secretary of state with the candidate's information | ||
| required for the secretary of state's Internet website under | ||
| Section 31.015. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
