Bill Text: TX HB4149 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to restrictions on candidacy in the general election.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-21 - Referred to Elections [HB4149 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB4149-Introduced.html

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88R12772 JRJ-D
By: Hefner H.B. No. 4149

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to restrictions on candidacy in the general election.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 162.015, Election Code,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 162.015. RESTRICTIONS ON CANDIDACY IN GENERAL ELECTION
[BY CANDIDATE OR VOTER IN PRIMARY].
SECTION 2. Section 162.015, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) A person who was considered for nomination as a
replacement candidate under Section 145.036 but did not receive a
favorable vote of a majority of the voting members of the state,
district, county, or precinct executive committee, as appropriate
for the particular office, is ineligible for a place on the list of
write-in candidates for the succeeding general election for state
and county officers as a write-in candidate for the office sought by
that candidate.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.