Bill Text: TX HB4329 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the residence address of an applicant for purposes of voter registration.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-21 - Referred to Elections [HB4329 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4329-Introduced.html
By: Schofield | H.B. No. 4329 |
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relating to the residence address of an applicant for purposes of | ||
voter registration. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 13.001, Election Code, is amended by | ||
adding subsection (d) as follows: | ||
Sec. 13.001. ELIGIBILITY FOR REGISTRATION. (a) To be | ||
eligible for registration as a voter in this state, a person must: | ||
(1) be 18 years of age or older; | ||
(2) be a United States citizen; | ||
(3) not have been determined by a final judgment of a | ||
court exercising probate jurisdiction to be: | ||
(A) totally mentally incapacitated; or | ||
(B) partially mentally incapacitated without the | ||
right to vote; | ||
(4) not have been finally convicted of a felony or, if | ||
so convicted, must have: | ||
(A) fully discharged the person's sentence, | ||
including any term of incarceration, parole, or supervision, or | ||
completed a period of probation ordered by any court; or | ||
(B) been pardoned or otherwise released from the | ||
resulting disability to vote; and | ||
(5) be a resident of the county in which application | ||
for registration is made. | ||
(b) To be eligible to apply for registration, a person must, | ||
on the date the registration application is submitted to the | ||
registrar, be at least 17 years and 10 months of age and satisfy the | ||
requirements of Subsection (a) except for age. | ||
(c) For purposes of Subsection (a)(4), a person is not | ||
considered to have been finally convicted of an offense for which | ||
the criminal proceedings are deferred without an adjudication of | ||
guilt. | ||
(d) To be eligible to apply for registration at a residence, | ||
the person must habitually sleep at that residence. A person whose | ||
residence has an address is only eligible to register at that | ||
address and is not eligible to register at any other place. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 13.002(c), Election Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(c) A registration application must include: | ||
(1) the applicant's first name, middle name, if any, | ||
last name, and former name, if any; | ||
(2) the month, day, and year of the applicant's birth; | ||
(3) a statement that the applicant is a United States | ||
citizen; | ||
(4) a statement that the applicant is a resident of the | ||
county; | ||
(5) a statement that the applicant has not been | ||
determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate | ||
jurisdiction to be: | ||
(A) totally mentally incapacitated; or | ||
(B) partially mentally incapacitated without the | ||
right to vote; | ||
(6) a statement that the applicant has not been | ||
finally convicted of a felony or that the applicant is a felon | ||
eligible for registration under Section 13.001; | ||
(7) the applicant's residence address under Section | ||
13.001(d) or, if the residence has no address:[ |
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(A) the address at which the applicant receives | ||
mail; | ||
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of the applicant's residence; and | ||
(C) a statement that the applicant's residence | ||
has no address; | ||
(8) the following information: | ||
(A) the applicant's Texas driver's license number | ||
or the number of a personal identification card issued by the | ||
Department of Public Safety; | ||
(B) if the applicant has not been issued a number | ||
described by Paragraph (A), the last four digits of the applicant's | ||
social security number; or | ||
(C) a statement by the applicant that the | ||
applicant has not been issued a number described by Paragraph (A) or | ||
(B); | ||
(9) if the application is made by an agent, a statement | ||
of the agent's relationship to the applicant; and | ||
(10) the city and county in which the applicant | ||
formerly resided. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |