Bill Text: TX SB1911 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to election supplies and the conduct of elections; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-04 - Left pending in committee [SB1911 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1911-Engrossed.html
| By: Bettencourt, et al. | S.B. No. 1911 | |
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| relating to election supplies and the conduct of elections; | ||
| creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 51.005, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1) and (d) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) The authority responsible for procuring the election | ||
| supplies for an election shall provide for each election precinct a | ||
| number of ballots equal to at least the percentage of voters who | ||
| voted in that precinct in the most recent corresponding election | ||
| plus 25 percent of that number. | ||
| (a-1) The[ |
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| not exceed the total number of registered voters in the precinct | ||
| unless the county participates in the countywide polling place | ||
| program under Section 43.007. | ||
| (d) The authority responsible for procuring the election | ||
| supplies for an election commits an offense if the authority | ||
| intentionally fails to provide an election precinct with the | ||
| required number of ballots under this section. An offense under | ||
| this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 51.008, Election Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
| (e) The authority responsible for procuring the election | ||
| supplies for an election commits an offense if the authority | ||
| intentionally fails to promptly supplement the distributed ballots | ||
| upon request by a polling place. An offense under this subsection is | ||
| a Class A misdemeanor. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 51.010(c), Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (c) An offense under this section is a Class A [ |
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| misdemeanor. | ||
| SECTION 4. Section 51.011(b), Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony | ||
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| SECTION 5. Section 61.007(b), Election Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony | ||
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| SECTION 6. The changes in law made by this Act to Sections | ||
| 51.010, 51.011, and 61.007, Election Code, apply only to an offense | ||
| committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An offense | ||
| committed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the | ||
| law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the former | ||
| law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this | ||
| section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this | ||
| Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. | ||
| SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
