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Proposed Election Related Bills in the 2019 Texas Legislature Chart Last Updated: 7/11/19Note: Rows highlighted in yellow identify bills introduced by members of the House Elections Committee or Senate State Affairs Committee. Rows highlighted in blue relate to high school voter registration.Note: This chart is a list of election related bills that have been filed with the Texas Legislature for the 2019 Session.Please note that there may have been developments since the last time it has been updated that may not be included, especially once they start moving through committee and onto the floor.

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Bill # (w text):CategoryBill AuthorLast Action:CaptionBill Summary:ActionsBill TrackingCode referenced/changed
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HB 4160Election ProcedureRep. Valoree Swanson (R) - Elections, Urban AffairsWithdrawn from Schedule 4/15/19Relating to holding elections on uniform election dates.*Preliminary Review* Removes all caveats and clarifies that the two uniform election dates fall either the first Tuesday in March or First Tuesday after the First Monday in November. Click HereClick HereVarious
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HB 3252Election NoticesRep. Alma Allen (D) - Corrections (Vice Chair), Public EducationVetoed by Governor 6/15/19Relating to the posting of certain notices in a primary election.A written notice must be posted and kept up through early voting and election day, informing voters of the date, hour, and place for each precinct, county, senatorial, or state convention that a voter in that precint may be eligible to attend during the election year. Click HereCLick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.172.htm
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HB 2909 Election ProcedureRep. Stephanie Klick (R) - Elections (Chair), Human ServicesSenate appoints conferees-reported 5/24/19Relating to election practices and procedures; creating a criminal offense.*Preliminary Review*Click HereCLick HereVarious
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HB 2982MsclRep. Ryan Guillen (D) - Licensing & Administrative Procedures, Resolutions Calendars (Chair), Ways & Means (Vice Chair)S Referred to State Affairs 5/8/19Relating to public inspection of an early voting roster; creating a criminal offense.*Preliminary Review* Allows the public to request information regarding the information on an early voting roster and additionally makes it a criminal offense for someone responsible for maintaining the roster to not provide updated information. Click HereCLick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.87.htm
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HB 3578Voter CancellationRep. Stephanie Klick (R) - Elections (Chair), Human ServicesS Referred to state affairs 5/14/19Relating to a requirement that a registrar receive a court order to cancel the voter registration of a person finally convicted of a felony.*Preliminary Review* When a person is adjudged guilty and is at least 18 years old, at the time of their conviction they are issued an order to the defendant and secretary of state saying that their voter registration is canceled. This order shall be then used by the secretary of state to match with names to see if they are registered, then canceling their registration, and should be retained on file in with their regsiration aplication. It further removes the capacity for a registrar to cancel a voter's registration on grounds of felony conviction unless a court order is received. Click HereCLick HereVarious
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HB 4447Election ProcedureRep. Briscoe Cain (R) - Elections, International Relations & Economic Development, Resolutions CalendarsS Referred to State Affairs 5/10/19Relating to timely public inspection of early voting rosters.*Preliminary Review* Changes the time of inspection for early voting rosters from the beginning of reguar business hours until 11 am. Click HereCLick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.81.htm
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HB 529VDRRep. Rick Miller (R) -- Appropriations, Human Services, Resolutions Calendars (Vice Chair)S Referred to State Affairs 4/24/19Relating to renewal of an appointment as a volunteer deputy registrar.Allowing VDRs to be re-appointed without undergoing a new trainingClick HereCLick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.13.htmHere
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HB 362Voting EquipmentIsrael | Capriglione | Longoria | AnchiaS Received from House 5/9/19relating to the creation of a fund to assist local governments with the acquisition of voting system equipment.Establishes a state voting system fund to make grants to cities and counties to replace voting equipment. Click HereCLick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.123.htm
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HB 2898Election ProcedureRep. Art Fierro (D) - Agriculture & Livestock, ElectionsS Received from House 5/8/19Relating to voting outside of the polling place.*Preliminary Review* Expands curb-side voting for people physically unable to enter a polling place without inury or if it is a parent/legal gaurdian accompanied by their childClick HereCLick HereVarious
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HB 3964Polling PlaceRep. Dwayne Bohac (R) - County Affairs (Vice Chair), Ways & MeansS Placed on State Calendar 5/9/19Relating to the location of countywide polling places within a county.*Preliminary Review* Regarding countywide polling place programs; each county precinct shall contain at least one countywide polling place and the percentage of the total locations must be equal to the percentage of effectively registered voters in the precinct. Click HereClick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.43.htm
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SB 2353MsclSen. Bob Hall (R) - Veteran Affairs & Border Security — Vice-Chair, Agriculture, Education, Nominations, State AffairsS Not again placed on intent calendar 5/7/19Relating to the creation of a fund to assist local governments with the acquisition of voting system equipment.*Preliminary Review* Establish a voting system fund to assist local governments acquire voting systems equipments.Click HereClick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.123.htm
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SB 1913MsclSen. Nathan Johnson (D) - Administration, Health & Human Services, Veteran Affairs & Border Security, Water & Rural AffairsReported favorably as substituted 5/16/19Relating to requiring certain cities to hold elections on the November uniform election date.*Preliminary Review* In a city of 1.18 million or more their general elections are held on the November uniform date in 2020. Click HereClick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.41.htm
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HB 2045Mail in BallotsThompson, Ed | CortezReffered to Elections 3/5/19Relating to early voting by certain persons who have an employment hardship.*Preliminary Review* Expands the eligibility for mail-in ballots to include those with occupational hardships including long distance truck driver, caretaker, and overseas employment. Click HereClick HereVarious
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SB 1244IDSen. Borris L. Miles (D) - Criminal Justice, Health & Human Services, Natural Resources & Economic Development, NominationsReferred to State Affairs 3/7/2019Relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting.Allows a student ID from a public Texas college to be used as a voter ID if it has a photograph. Would also allow "an identification card issued by a state agency of this state that contains the person ’s photograph" to be used as voter ID.Click HereClick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.63.htm
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SB 1049IDSen. Pat Fallon (R) - Administration — Vice-Chair, Education, Intergovernmental Relations, Natural Resources & Economic Development, State AffairsReferred to State Affairs 3/7/2019Relating to the proof of citizenship or lawful presence in the United States required for the issuance of a driver's license.Provides that a VR certificate is not satisfactory proof of legal presence in the US for purposes of getting a drivers license.Click HereClick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.521.htm
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SB 1246MsclSen. Borris L. Miles (D) - Criminal Justice, Health & Human Services, Natural Resources & Economic Development, NominationsReferred to State Affairs 3/7/2019Relating to the criminal offense of unlawfully prohibiting an employee from voting.Requires employers to provide employees the ability to take time off to vote during early voting just as current law requires it on election day.Click HereClick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.276.htm
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SB 1298Polling Place Sen. Beverly Powell (D) - Education, Health & Human Services, Higher EducationReferred to State Affairs 3/7/2019Relating to the acceptance of certain voters at a polling place.Allows first responders to vote immediately when coming to the polling place, before others who had already arrived. Click Hereclick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.63.htm
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SB 1195Polling Place Sen. José Menéndez (D) - Administration, Business & Commerce, Intergovernmental Relations, Veteran Affairs & Border SecurityReferred to State Affairs 3/7/2019Relating to the designation of polling place locations on the campuses of certain institutions of higher education.Requires the main campus of a college or university to have a polling place if it has at least 5,000 students Click HereClick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.43.htm
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SB 1194Volunteer Deputy RegistrarsSen. José Menéndez (D) - Administration, Business & Commerce, Intergovernmental Relations, Veteran Affairs & Border SecurityReferred to State Affairs 3/7/2019Relating to registration powers of volunteer deputy registrars.Makes appointed volunteer deputy registrars eligible to register voters thourought the state regardless of the county they were certified in. Click HereClick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.13.htm
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SB 1202Voter Reg/prisonersSen. Borris L. Miles (D) - Criminal Justice, Health & Human Services, Natural Resources & Economic Development, NominationsReferred to State Affairs 3/7/2019Relating to voting while confined in jail.Requires elections and county jail officials to work to "inform each qualified voter confined in jail of
the voter ’s right to vote and" provide them "an opportunity to vote." Also requires county jail officials to allow voters confined in jail access to a voter registrar or VDR in order to register to vote.		Click HereClick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.31.htm
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SB 1053Voter RegistrationSen. José Menéndez (D) - Administration, Business & Commerce, Intergovernmental Relations, Veteran Affairs & Border SecurityReferred to State Affairs 3/7/2019Relating to automatic voter registration on issuance of a driver's license or identification card by the Department of Public Safety.*Automatic Voter Registration for DL/ID card transactions through DPS
*Extends voter registration to online DPS transactions (a "Stringer fix")		Click HereClick HereVarious
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SB 2226Election ProcedureSen. Pat Fallon (R) - Administration — Vice-Chair, Education, Intergovernmental Relations, Natural Resources & Economic Development, State AffairsReferred to State Affairs 3/21/19Relating to the time period for conducting early voting at a temporary branch early voting polling place.*Preliminary Review* A temporary branch's early voting period shall extend on any one or more days during the period of early voting and if there are at least 5 temporary branch locations in a territory, then voting in person must occur at 80% of the locations during the time and days it is conducted at main locations. Click HereClick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.85.htm
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SB 2193Polling PlaceSen. Eddie Lucio Jr. (D) - Intergovernmental Relations — Chair, Education — Vice-Chair, State Affairs, Veteran Affairs & Border SecurityReferred to State Affairs 3/21/19Relating to polling place locations under the countywide polling place program.*Preliminary Review* In selecting countywide polling places, a county must place a location in every precinct. Click HereClick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.43.htm
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SB 2017Polling PlaceSen. Paul Bettencourt (R) - Property Tax — Chair, Education, Finance, Higher EducationReferred to State Affairs 3/21/19Relating to the countywide polling place program.*Preliminary Review* Makes each countywide polling place post a notice of the four nearest countywide locations in driving distance and if any location in the countywide polling place program is ordered to remain open after 7 then all must remain for the same length of time. Click HereClick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.43.htm
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SB 2016Voter IdentificationSen. Paul Bettencourt (R) - Property Tax — Chair, Education, Finance, Higher EducationReferred to State Affairs 3/21/19Relating to voter registration on issuance or change of a driver's license or identification card by the Department of Public Safety.*Preliminary Review* Online voter registration through DPS as long as the voter is a citizen. Click HereClick HereVarious
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SB 2280Voter RegistrationSen. Royce West (D) - Higher Education — Vice-Chair, Education, Finance, TransportationReferred to State Affairs 3/21/19Relating to automatic voter registration of students enrolled in public institutions of higher education.*Preliminary Review* Enforces the automatic registration of any county resident eigible to vote and is enrolled in a place of higher educaiton. The institutions of higher education prescribe and use the forms that combine the application for enrollment wiht the offical voter registration applicatino form. Click HereClick HereVarious
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SB 1929MsclSen. Pat Fallon (R) - Administration — Vice-Chair, Education, Intergovernmental Relations, Natural Resources & Economic Development, State AffairsReferred to State Affairs 3/19/19Relating to the duties of the secretary of state relating to voter registration.*Preliminary Review* Designates the secretary of state as a voter registrar for every county for the purpose of registration of voters and list maintenance for registered voters. Giving the responsbility of reviewing each application for registration to determine whether it's eligibile and determines if it is not within 7 days of application - also updating lists with any changes in application.

Creates a requireent for the Secretary of State to determine citizenship with registration application via verifying with the Department of Public Safety, if DPS has no records or indicates a non-citizen then the voter is to receive notice and provide proof of citizenship within 60 days. 		Click HereClick HereVarious
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SB 1926Voter IdentificationSen. Pat Fallon (R) - Administration — Vice-Chair, Education, Intergovernmental Relations, Natural Resources & Economic Development, State AffairsReferred to State Affairs 3/19/19Relating to the procedures for accepting certain voters without photo identification; providing for additional elements and prosecutorial authority to related offenses.*Preliminary Review* Allows election officers to questino the reasonableness of an impediment sworn to by a voter, also for the election officer to take photographic evidence of the voter's documentation, and enforces the Secretary of State to create a web portal where early online ballots are stored to check if provisional ballots are cast by voters who have not been issued identification by DPS.Click HereClick HereVarious
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SB 1418Early VotingSen. Pat Fallon (R) - Administration — Vice-Chair, Education, Intergovernmental Relations, Natural Resources & Economic Development, State AffairsReferred to State Affairs 3/14/19Relating to the early voting period.*Preliminary Review* Cuts down early voting by a week making it start on the 10th day before election day, makes an election ordered by a city have a in person-polling place only open for 1 weekday, and limits early voting to include only one Saturday or Sunday. Click HereClick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.85.htm
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SB 1604Election integritySen. Bob Hall (R) - Veteran Affairs & Border Security — Vice-Chair, Agriculture, Education, Nominations, State AffairsReferred to State Affairs 3/14/19Relating to election integrity, including periodic voter registration; creating a criminal offense.*Preliminary Review* Omnibus. Includes;

1) making it a midemeanor if a person votes outside of their precinct and for election officers that permit it, 2) cutting down early voting by a week, 3) removing the option for multiple weekends to be covered by early voting, 4) lets a voter submit an application for registration renewal to a registrar at any point during the final year its effective. 		Click HereClick HereVarious
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SB 1603Election integritySen. Bob Hall (R) - Veteran Affairs & Border Security — Vice-Chair, Agriculture, Education, Nominations, State AffairsReferred to State Affairs 3/14/19Relating to election integrity; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties; imposing a civil penalty.*Preliminary Review* Omnibus. For purpose of voter registration an order is set for determining a person's residence starting with that on the DPS if not expired.

Includes citizenship proof to be collected with reiew of the application including all outlined in SB 1602.

Adds a line for the reason a prson voted provisionally to the affidavid required on the evelope a provisional ballot is placed in.

Clarifies the types of offenses that can be enforced for election related procedures including on an election officer that lets a ballot be cast forsomeone who can only vote provisionally 		Click HereClick Herev a r i o u s
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SB 1602Election integritySen. Bob Hall (R) - Veteran Affairs & Border Security — Vice-Chair, Agriculture, Education, Nominations, State AffairsReferred to State Affairs 3/14/19Relating to election integrity; creating criminal offenses; imposing a civil penalty.*Preliminary Review* Same as 1601 but also includes an additional paper copy of the list of registered voters for a precinct to be kept at the polling pace and used to accept voters if the electronic copy malfunctions, requires a paper record or receipt be produced by every used voting system, puts a deadline of 90 days before an electino for the SOS to adopt uiniform numbering & accountability of ballot procedures, makes direct recording electronic voting systems prohibited.

Creates strict citizenship requirements including 1) requiring it for all applications submitted to DPS or otherwise, 2) creates the procedure for the SOS to verify with DPS citizenship status of every applicant for voter registration, and if the DPS doesn't have citizenship information for an applicant then registrat and applicant receive a 60 day verification notice, 3) explicitly includes unexpired passport, certified birth certificate or court birth document along with government photo ID, citizenship papers with government photo ID, 4) includes list of those disqualified from jury service on grounds of citizenship to have registration canceled by the regisrar 5) poses a civil penalty on a registrar that fails to correct a violation, and 6) enters the SOS into an agreement with DPS to compare online voter reg list with DPS database monthly to verify accuracy of infomation including for lawful presence & citizenship status. 		Click HereActionsVARIOUS
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SB 1601Election integritySen. Bob Hall (R) - Veteran Affairs & Border Security — Vice-Chair, Agriculture, Education, Nominations, State AffairsReferred to State Affairs 3/14/19Relating to ensuring election integrity, including through periodic voter registration; creating criminal offenses; imposing a civil penalty.*Preliminary Review* Omnibus. Includes making it an misdemeaner for a person who votes outside of the election precint they reside AND an offense for an election officer permits it. Adds a space on voter registration forms that indicates if the application is for initial registration or renewal. Makes the registration certificate expire on the fourth anniversary of its effective date instead of even numbered years on January 1st and makes registration canceled on this date if not renewed. Allows a voter's renewal certificate to become effective the date the previous registration experied and is valid for 4 years instead of 2. Charges the registrar a $50 fine and makes the secretary of state correct any registration violation that isnt corrected within 30 days. On main polling place public notice, requies an expicit line stating voters are only permitted to vote at the main early voting polling place if located within their precinct. Removes other caveats for early voting location hours, making it only happen on one weekday and removes the option for more than 1 weekend to be covered in early voting. Doenst allow a voting machineto be moved from pp until polls close election day. Requires one early voting location to be in each precinct by the election and may not change locations during early voting period. Click HereActionsvarious ( a lottttt )
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SB 1566Polling PlaceSen. Pat Fallon (R) - Administration — Vice-Chair, Education, Intergovernmental Relations, Natural Resources & Economic Development, State AffairsReferred to State Affairs 3/14/19Relating to the elections for which countywide polling places may be used.*Preliminary Review* Remves state and county officer or executive committee election and nomination dates from the times a countywide polling place can be established in a county and specifies that counties continuing to participate in the countywide polling place program may do so for future elections held on the updated specified election dates. Click HereClick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.43.htm
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SB 954Election datesSen. Pat Fallon (R) - Administration — Vice-Chair, Education, Intergovernmental Relations, Natural Resources & Economic Development, State AffairsReferred to State Affairs 3/1/19Relating to jointly holding elections on uniform election dates.Establishes a single uniform election date set for the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, eliminates all others, and makes a series of other corresponding changesClick HereClick HereVarious
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SB 757Electronic Voter RegistrationSen. Carol Alvarado (D) - Intergovernmental Relations, Nominations, Transportation, Water & Rural AffairsReferred to State Affairs 3/1/19Relating to electronic voter registration.Authorizes online voter registration provided that applicants have an unexpired TX DL or personal ID card. Click HereClick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.13.htm
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SB 734Electronic Voter RegistrationSen. Kirk Watson (D) - Nominations — Vice-Chair, Education, Finance, Higher EducationReferred to State Affairs 3/1/19Relating to electronic voter registration.Authorizes online voter registration provided that applicants have an unexpired TX DL or personal ID card. Click HereClick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.13.htm
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SB 841Polling Place West | MilesReferred to State Affairs 3/1/19Relating to the designation of polling place locations on the campuses of certain institutions of higher education.Requires the commissioners court to designate a polling place on a main campus of a higher education institution if at least 10,000 students are enrolled there. Click HereClick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.43.htm
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SB 960Voter Reg Bettencourt | PerryReferred to State Affairs 3/1/19Relating to the cancellation of a person's voter registration on notice that the person has acknowledged that the person is not a citizen; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.*Requires a registrar to cancel a voter's registration immediately upon receipt of "a list . . . of persons excused or disqualified from jury service because of citizenship status that includes the voter, or other notice from any governmental agency that the voter has acknowledged that the voter is not a citizen of the United States."
*Creates a civil and criminal offense against registrars who fail to comply with this new provision.
*Exposes the registrar to expedited proceedings for their removal if they violate this new provision.
*Adds a requirement that SOS inform the AG of individuals excused from jury duty for lack of citizenship, and requires the AG to "quarterly review the information to investigate whether a person has committed an offense under Section 13.007 or other law."
*Requires the clerk of court to send the list of those disqualified from jury service for lack of citizenship to the DA "or attorney general." 		Click HereClick HereVarious
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HCR 20CensusRep. Harold V. Dutton Jr (D) - Juvenile Justice & Family Issues (Chair), Public EducationReferred to State Affairs 2/25/19Concurrent ResolutionCreating the Complete Count Census Committee with the stated goals of studying, developing, and recommending strategies to encourage full participation of the state's residents in the 2020 federal decennial censusClick HereClick Here
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SB 527HSVRSen. Jose Rodriguez (D) - Agriculture (VC), Natural Resources & Economic Development, Transportation, Water & Rural AffairsReferred to State Affairs 2/21/19Relating to voter registration application form distribution information reported through the Public Education Information Management System.
Requires each school district and open-enrollment charter school to report each semester the number of students who are or will be 18 years old during the school year and the number of VR forms distributed to them. Click HereClick Here https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.42.htm
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SB 445MsclRep. Pat Fallon (R) - Administration — Vice-Chair, Education, Intergovernmental Relations, Natural Resources & Economic Development, State AffairsReferred to State Affairs 2/14/19Relating to the use of a mobile phone by a person near a polling place.
Specifies that a person may use their cell phone near a voting booth to "access information" Click HereClick Here Various
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SJR 026RegSen. Judith Zaffirini (D) - Natural Resources & Economic Development — Vice-Chair, Administration, Business & Commerce, State AffairsReferred to State Affairs 2/14/19Joint Resolution proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing certain persons under the age of 18 to vote in a primary election.Amending the State Constitution to allow the Legislature to authorize people under 18 to vote in a primary if they will be of voting age for the general electionClick HereClick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CN/htm/CN.6.htm#6.1
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SB 482Voter RegRep. Pat Fallon (R) - Administration — Vice-Chair, Education, Intergovernmental Relations, Natural Resources & Economic Development, State AffairsReferred to State Affairs 2/14/19Relating to the verification of citizenship of an applicant for voter registration.
Requires verification of citizenship to register to voteClick HereClick Here https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.13.htm
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SB 391Voter RegRep. Borris Miles (D) - Criminal Justice, Health & Human Services, Natural Resources & Economic Development, NominationsReferred to State Affairs 2/14/19Relating to the procedures for challenging the registration of a voter on the ground of residence.
Requires a hearing for challenges to a voter's registration when the challenge is based on residence; if the voter fails to appear at the hearing or submit an affidavit, the proposed law still prevents registrars from deciding on the challenge until after they have sent a confirmation notice to the voterClick HereClick Here https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.16.htm
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SB 359Straight ticket votingSen. Borris Miles (D) - Criminal Justice, Health & Human Services, Natural Resources & Economic Development, NominationsReferred to State Affairs 2/07/19Relating to straight-party voting.Restores straight ticket voting as of September 2020. Click HereClick HereVarious
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SB 231Voter IDSen. Jose Menendez (D) - Administration, Business & Commerce, Intergovernmental Relations, Veteran Affairs & Border SecurityReferred to State Affairs 2/07/19Relating to requiring a voter to present proof of identificationAmending the voter ID law to also allow voters to present either two forms of the secondary IDs (without having to sign a reasonable impediment declaration) if one of those documents contains the voter's address, or two of an expanded set of secondary documents with a reasonable impediment declaration; expanding the list of primary IDs to include tribal identification and "any other official government document issued to
the voter and containing the voter ’s name, address, and photograph"		Click HereClick HereVarious
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SB 276Voter Reg Sen. Jose Menendez (D) - Administration, Business & Commerce, Intergovernmental Relations, Veteran Affairs & Border SecurityReferred to State Affairs 2/07/19relating to the registration of voters at a polling place and related procedures.Allows voters under certain circumstances to register to vote at the polls and cast a provisional ballotClick HereClick HereVarious
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SB 277Voting MachinesSen. Jose Menendez (D) - Administration, Business & Commerce, Intergovernmental Relations, Veteran Affairs & Border SecurityReferred to State Affairs 2/07/19relating to the use of direct recording electronic voting machines.Enforces an auditable voting system requirementthat uses a paper record and produces a paper receipt for a voter to verify their ballot is 'counted accurately'. Requires all electornic voting systems to be auditable and in recounts the paper receipts are the official votes cast. Click HereClick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.129.htm
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SB 074Early voting; polling places; voting machines; recountsSen. Bob Hall (R) - Veteran Affairs & Border Security — Vice-Chair, Agriculture, Education, Nominations, State AffairsReferred to State Affairs 2/01/19relating to voting and election procedures; creating a criminal offenseCuts early voting by 7 days; requires that mobile voting structures not move during early voting; as of 2029, requires paper record or paper reciepts for all voting systems; prohibits direct recording voting systems; and requires an automatic recount if there is at least a .5 percent discrepancy between total number of ballots counted and the number of people who signed the precinct's signature rosterClick HereClick hereVarious
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SB 178online regSen. Borris Miles (D) - Criminal Justice, Health & Human Services, Natural Resources & Economic Development, NominationsReferred to State Affairs 2/01/19relating to electronic voter registration.Creates online voter registration for those who have a Texas DL or personal ID cardClick HereClick here https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.13.htm#13
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SB 101Polling placesSen. Jose Menendez (D) - Administration, Business & Commerce, Intergovernmental Relations, Veteran Affairs & Border SecurityReferred to State Affairs 2/01/19relating to participation in the countywide polling place program.Repeals 43.007(i), which currently limits the number of counties the SOS can approve to participate in the countywide polling place program Click HereClick here https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.43.htm#43.007
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SB 164Vote By MailSen. Jose R. Rodriguez (D) - Agriculture — Vice-Chair, Natural Resources & Economic Development, Transportation, Water & Rural AffairsReferred to State Affairs 2/01/19Relating to early voting by mail by any qualified voterAllows any voter to vote by mail regardless of reason. Click HereClick here Various
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SB 104Voter IDSen. Jose Menendez (D) - Administration, Business & Commerce, Intergovernmental Relations, Veteran Affairs & Border SecurityReferred to State Affairs 2/01/19Relating to requirements to vote, including presenting proof of identificationAllows a voter to use a voter registration certificate and other, expanded forms of ID as a voter ID when voting; allows a voter to update their voter registration address at the polls under certain conditions; otherwise expands kinds of voter IDs acceptable to include utility bills, bank statements, etc.
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SB 165Voter RegSen. Jose R. Rodriguez (D) - Agriculture — Vice-Chair, Natural Resources & Economic Development, Transportation, Water & Rural AffairsReferred to State Affairs 2/01/19relating to the registration of voters at a polling place during early voting by personal appearance and related procedures.Allows voters to register to vote at the polls during in-person early voting, by casting a provisional ballot that will be counted after the county determines whether the voter is otherwise eligible to vote Click HereClick here Various
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SB 102Voter RegSen. Jose Menendez (D) - Administration, Business & Commerce, Intergovernmental Relations, Veteran Affairs & Border SecurityReferred to State Affairs 2/01/19relating to providing for voter registration at a polling placeAllows voters to register to vote at the polls during in-person early voting, by casting a provisional ballot that will be counted after the county determines whether the voter is otherwise eligible to voteClick HereClick HereVarious
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SB 103Voter Reg Sen. Jose Menendez (D) - Administration, Business & Commerce, Intergovernmental Relations, Veteran Affairs & Border SecurityReferred to State Affairs 2/01/19Relating to automatic voter registration on issuance or change of a driver's license or identification card by the Department of Public SafetyCreates an automatic voter registration system for certain DPS transactions, whether in person, by mail, or online. (Appears to duplicate HB140)Click HereClick hereVarious
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SB 055Voting eligibility Sen. Judith Zaffirini (D) - Natural Resources & Economic Development — Vice-Chair, Administration, Business & Commerce, State AffairsReferred to State Affairs 2/01/19relating to allowing a person who will be 18 years of age on the date of the general election for state and county officers to vote in the preceding primary elections.Will allow a person who will be 18 years of age on the date of the general election for state and county officers to register and vote in the preceding primary elections.Click HereClick here https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.13.htm
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HB 2276Early VotingRep. Erin Zwiener (D) - Agriculture & Livestock, Environmental RegulationReferred to Elections 3/6/19Relating to public notice of the time for voting at an early voting polling place.Removes the requirement that notice must be provided of additional temporary branch polling place locations, dates, and hours not later than the 5th day before voting is scheduled to begin at the addititional branch. Click HereClick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.85.htm
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HB 2411Vote by MailRep. Gina Hinojosa (D) - Defense & Veterans' Affairs, Human Services (Vice Chair)Referred to Elections 3/6/19Relating to an early voting ballot voted by mail.Would provide notice and an opportunity to correct to voters whose mail in ballot has a problem that would prevent it from being counted; would also allow a voter to change their address via an ABBM provided that they moved within the county. Click HereClick HereVarious
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HB 2274Vote by mailRep. Erin Zwiener (D) - Agriculture & Livestock, Environmental RegulationReferred to Elections 3/6/19Relating to the period during which certain voters receive ballots to be voted by mail for each election held in that period.A single application for voting by mail applies to all elections until the end of the next even-numebred calendar year that a gubernational election is held (unless certain events intervene, like a voter's registration being canceled). Click HereClick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.86.htm
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HB 2297Voter RegRep. Celia Israel (D) - Elections, Homeland Security & Public SafetyReferred to Elections 3/6/19Relating to voter registration on issuance or change of a driver's license or identification card by the Department of Public Safety.Provides for voter reg when conducting online DPS transactions (a "Stringer fix")Click HereClick HereVarious
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HB 2010MsclRep. Theresa "Terry" Meza (D) - Agriculture & Livestock, Human Services, Resolutions CalendarsReferred to Elections 3/5/19Relating to preferential voting in a primary election.Eliminates runoff primary elections and substitutes a preferential voting system to resolve primaries where no candidate receives a majority vote. Click HereClick HereVarious
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HB 1819Vote by MailRep. Jay Dean (R) - Corrections, Juvenile Justice & Family IssuesReferred to Elections 3/5/19Relating to including the qualifications for voting early by mail on the ground of disability on certain early voting by mail materials.Requires vote by mail ballot, application, and carrier envelope to include a statement describing the specific circumstances a voter may vote early due to disability Click HereClick HereVarious
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HB 1817Vote by MailRep. Jay Dean (R) - Corrections, Juvenile Justice & Family IssuesReferred to Elections 3/5/19Relating to assistance provided to a person applying for an early voting ballot or voting an early voting ballot by mail; increasing a criminal penalty.Increases the penalty for violating the witness assistance provision for application for an early voting ballot. The penalty would go up from a Class A misdemeanor to a state jail felony. Click HereClick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.84.htm
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HB 1950Voter ID Rep. Erin Zwiener (D) - Agriculture & Livestock, Environmental RegulationReferred to Elections 3/5/19Relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting.Allows a student ID from a public Texas college to be used as a voter ID if it has a photograph. Click HereClick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.63.htm
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HB 1818Voter Reg/List MaintenanceRep. Jay Dean (R) - Corrections, Juvenile Justice & Family IssuesReferred to Elections 3/5/19Relating to confirmation of a voter's residence by a voter registrar.Requires registrars to send a confirmation notice when a voter appears on the rolls in more than one county, and specifies that the notice must be sent by the county with the oldest record for the voter.Click HereClick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.15.htm
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HB 1600Vote by MailRep. Celia Israel (D) - Elections, Homeland Security & Public SafetyReferred to Elections 3/4/19Relating to procedures for submitting a ballot to be voted by mail; creating an exception to the application of a criminal offense.Allows for a voter to submit their own marked mail-in ballot (and that of one other voter) to the polls or to the clerk's office either during early vote or on election day. Click HereClick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.86.htm
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HB 1799Voter ID Rep. Diego Bernal (D) - Local & Consent Calendars, Public Education (Vice Chair), TransportationReferred to Elections 3/4/19Relating to requiring a voter to present proof of identification.Amending the voter ID law to also allow voters to present either two forms of the secondary IDs (without having to sign a reasonable impediment declaration) if one of those documents contains the voter's address, or two of an expanded set of secondary documents with a reasonable impediment declaration; expanding the list of primary IDs to include tribal identification and "any other official government document issued to
the voter and containing the voter ’s name, address, and photograph"		Click HereClick HereVarious
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HB 1762Voting wile incarceratedRep. Sheryl Cole (D) - County Affairs, Redistricting, Ways & MeansReferred to Elections 3/4/19Relating to the facilitation of voting by persons confined in certain jails.Authorizes placement of ballot boxes in jails to enable eligible prisoners to deposit their market mail-in ballots in the ballot boxes. Click HereClick HereVarious
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HB 4500Election ProcedureRep. Briscoe Cain (R) - Elections, International Relations & Economic Development, Resolutions CalendarsReferred to Elections 3/26/19Relating to cancellation of all voter registrations following decennial redistricting.*Preliminary Review* Forces the registrar to cancel all voter registrations following the decennial redistricting on November 30th of the year it occurs. Click HereClick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.16.htm
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HB 4406Election ProcedureRep. Briscoe Cain (R) - Elections, International Relations & Economic Development, Resolutions CalendarsReferred to Elections 3/26/19Relating to elections; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.*Preliminary Review* Omnibus. 1) Creates a voting percentage needed for the issuance of a bond to pass, 2) Oulines a caveat for a person listing a resident other than their own as explicitly not an offense for false statement 3) Creates an offense for an election judge if they accept a voter for voting when they were only able to use a provisional ballot 3 times in one election. The offense being a state jail felony. 4) Only allows voters with a physical disability that renders them unable to write or see elible to receive assistance in marking the ballot. 5) Makes it a state jail felony offense for someone to offer to provide assistance to a voter who has not requested assistnce or slected them as their voting assistant. 6) Creates early voting at a residential care facility if a significant number of occupants, patients or residence lack transportatino to the polling palce, are over 65 or are disabled and apply to vote and includes procedures for all lists and public notices regarding this voting. Click HereClick HereVarious
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HB 4539MsclRep. Stephanie Klick (R) - Elections (Chair), Human ServicesReferred to Elections 3/26/19Relating to elections.*Preliminary Review* Omnibus. Includes on the record of voting history if a voter cast a ballot provisionally and why. Prohibits people with felonys from being an election watcher. Allows a person inside of a voting station to photograph their own completed ballot. Requires the early voting clerk to post an updated copy of the register on their website. Creates a procedure of election cybersecurity to be followed by the Secretary of State and related entities. Click HereClick HereVarious
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HB 4401Voter IdentificationRep. Briscoe Cain (R) - Elections, International Relations & Economic Development, Resolutions CalendarsReferred to Elections 3/26/19Relating to voter registration on issuance or change of a driver's license or identification card by the Department of Public Safety.*Preliminary Review* Creates a form & procedure for DPS to use that combines their state ID application with voter registration for each US citizen who applies in person or online at DPS. Click HereClick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.20.htm
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HB 4540Voter RegistrationRep. Valoree Swanson (R) - Elections, Urban AffairsReferred to Elections 3/26/19Relating to verification of the citizenship status of certain registered voters.*Preliminary Review* Requires registrars to send a confirmation notice when the voter has "indicated a lack of citizenship status in connection with a motor vehicle record" and other corresponding changes.Click HereClick HereVarious
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HB 4538Voter RegistrationRep. Valoree Swanson (R) - Elections, Urban AffairsReferred to Elections 3/26/19Relating to the verification of citizenship of an applicant for voter registration.*Preliminary Review* Requires the verification of citizenship for someone to vote. Click HereClick HereVarious
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HB 4430Voter RegistrationRep. Joe Deshotel (D) - Calendars, Human Services, State AffairsReferred to Elections 3/26/19Relating to electronic correction of voter registration information by a person on the suspense list.*Preliminary Review* Includes a voter on the suspense list in the people who can correct information online with the SOS as long as they still live in the county they are registered. Click HereClick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.15.htm
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HB 4403Voter RegistrationRep. Briscoe Cain (R) - Elections, International Relations & Economic Development, Resolutions CalendarsReferred to Elections 3/26/19Relating to election integrity.*Preliminary Review* Creates measures to prevent noncitizen voter registration and voting; including twice a year the SOS shall use the DHS and DPS databases of noncitizens to cancel registrations. ALSO creates election judge trainings a requirement before serving in an election. Click HereClick HereVarious
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HB 4402Voter RegistrationRep. Briscoe Cain (R) - Elections, International Relations & Economic Development, Resolutions CalendarsReferred to Elections 3/26/19Relating to the cancellation of a person's voter registration on notice that the person has acknowledged that the person is not a citizen; providing a civil penalty; creating a criminal offense.*Preliminary Review* Creates a civil penalty for a voter registrar that fails that cancel or reject the registration of a noncitizen applying to vote also reslting in their removal as registrar. Click HereClick HereVarious
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HB 4384Vote by MailRep. Alma Allen (D) - Corrections (Vice Chair), Public EducationReferred to Elections 3/25/19Relating to procedures for submitting a ballot to be voted by mail; creating an exception to the application of a criminal offense.*Preliminary Review* Outlines procedures for submitted a vote by mail ballot in person during early voting or on election day. Click HereClick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.86.htm
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HB 4331Voter RegistrationRep. Matt Schaefer (R) - Appropriations, Higher EducationReferred to Elections 3/25/19Relating to the verification of citizenship of an applicant for voter registration.*Preliminary Review* Makes explicit the requirement for registrars to determine if the applicant is a citizen by comparing the application with informaiton submitted to the SOS and the DPS about the applicant. Also enforces that once a month the SOS shall receive information from DPS relating to citizenship of the applicant submitted on their state identification cards for the SOS to compare. Click HereClick HereVarious
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HB 3682MsclRep. Mayes Middleton (R) - Elections, Local & Consent Calendars, Urban AffairsReferred to Elections 3/19/19Relating to election fraud; increasing a penalty.*Preliminary Review* Increases the penalty for committing election fraud from a Class A misdemeanor to a state jail felony. Click HereClick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.276.htm
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HB 3660MsclRep. Chris Turner (D) - Higher Education (Chair), Insurance, Redistricting (Vice Chair)Referred to Elections 3/19/19Relating to the arrangement of party columns on the ballot.*Preliminary Review* Sorts party columns in order based on a drawing done by the election authority for the first precinct and the order is rotated for the second and subsequent precincts. Click HereClick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.52.htm
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HB 3661Voter IdentificationRep. Chris Turner (D) - Higher Education (Chair), Insurance, Redistricting (Vice Chair)Referred to Elections 3/19/19Relating to a study on the implementation of photo voter identification requirements.*Preliminary Review* Issues a study on the implementation of voter identification requirements by the Secretary of State. Click HereClick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.31.htm
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HB 3684Voter RegistrationRep. Mayes Middleton (R) - Elections, Local & Consent Calendars, Urban AffairsReferred to Elections 3/19/19Relating to measures to prevent noncitizen voter registration and voting.*Preliminary Review* Creates measures to prevent noncitizens from registering and casting a ballot including twice each year the Secretary of State shall use the DHS database of noncitizens living in Texas to identify noncitizens who may be registered and cancel them. Also requires DPS to forward to the Secretary of State a file of a person who applies for any identification and is not a citizen, and allows the Secretary of State to audit a county's voter reg list to make sure that it complies with these directives and employs the county registrar to take action to confirm citizenship stuses. Click HereClick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.11.htm
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HB 3488Election OfficersRep. Sheryl Cole (D) - County Affairs, Redistricting, Ways & MeansReferred to Elections 3/18/19Relating to selection of election officers for early voting.County clerks may select a 'sufficient' number of presiding judges, alternates, and other eleciton officers to enable shifts at the polling place; and additionally may select a person to serve as a judge/officer at more than one polling location. Click HereClick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.85.htm
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HB 3514Election ProcedureRep. Art Fierro (D) - Agriculture & Livestock, ElectionsReferred to Elections 3/18/19Relating to the use of preferential voting in certain elections.*Preliminary Review* Creates an optional system of preferential voting that a county, municipality, or school district's governing boody may use in the election of those bodies by majority vote. Click HereClick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.2.htm
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HB 3487Mail in BallotsRep. Sheryl Cole (D) - County Affairs, Redistricting, Ways & MeansReferred to Elections 3/18/19Relating to the deadline for an early voting ballot board to determine whether to accept voters' ballots.*Preliminary Review* Extends the deadline for a early voting ballot board to accept mail in ballots by 1 day, making it 10 days after the election or local canvass. Click HereClick HereVarious
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HB 3313Vote by Mail Rep. Ramon Romero Jr. (D) - Defense & Veterans' Affairs, International Relations & Economic DevelopmentReferred to Elections 3/18/19Relating to information provided on an application for a ballot to be voted by mail.*Preliminary Review* Forces an applicaiton for a vote by mail ballot to include the full date of an applicants birth and their Texas driver's license or personal ID number issued by DPS OR the last 4 digits of their social security number and a signed statement that they had not been isused a ID card by DPS. Click HereClick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.84.htm
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HB 3354Voter AccomodationRep. John Bucy ||| (D) - Culture, Recreation & Tourism, ElectionsReferred to Elections 3/18/19Relating to the use of an accessible absentee mail system by certain voters.*Preliminary Review* Creates an online accessible absentee ballot system where persons eligible to vote early by mail or member of the armed forces can mark, print and submit a ballot. Click HereClick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.81.htm
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HB 3352Voter AccomodationRep. John Bucy ||| (D) - Culture, Recreation & Tourism, ElectionsReferred to Elections 3/18/19Relating to accommodating a voter unable to enter a polling place.*Preliminary Review* At each polling place a parking space is required to be reserved for persons with disabilities to use to vote who are unable to enter the pollig place and this parking space shall be marked and have a telephone number for the voter to request assistance from the election officials at that location. Click HereClick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.64.htm
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HB 3351Voter AccomodationRep. John Bucy ||| (D) - Culture, Recreation & Tourism, ElectionsReferred to Elections 3/18/19Relating to accepting voters with certain disabilities.*Preliminary Review* Makes the language in the code more strict, requirin election officers to accept persons with mobility problems who are impaired from voting at the polling place. Additionally removes the distinction for a notice of access priority to be placed at one or more locations and instead just requires it at each entrance. Click HereClick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.63.htm
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HB 3433Voter IdentificationRep. Scott Sanford (R) - House Administration, Public Education, Ways & MeansReferred to Elections 3/18/19Relating to driver's licenses and personal identification certificates issued to legal permanent residents of the United States and refugees or asylees lawfully admitted into the United States.Requires the transportation department to include on personal identification certificates & driver's licenses issued to legal permanent residents, refugees, or asylees, that the certificate or license is not a valid proof of identity for voting purposes. Click HereClick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.521.htm
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HB 3350Voter InformationRep. John Bucy ||| (D) - Culture, Recreation & Tourism, ElectionsReferred to Elections 3/18/19Relating to the reporting of voting history.*Preliminary Review* Removes the leniency of 30 days for the registrar to electronically submit to the secretary of state the record of each voter participating in any election, making it immediate, and requires the secretary of state to make that roster publically available on their website. Click HereClick HereVarious
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HB 3346Voter Information Rep. John Bucy ||| (D) - Culture, Recreation & Tourism, ElectionsReferred to Elections 3/18/19Relating to the classification of certain voter information as public information for a provisional or rejected vote by mail ballot.Each entity responsible for conducting an election must compile and post a daily list of voters along with their voter registtration number for 1) every voter who cast a provisional ballot because the voter did not meet the voter identification requirements, and 2) every voter who voted early by mail. These lists are considered public information. Click HereClick HereVarious
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HB 3202MsclRep. Gina Calanni (D) - Homeland Security & Public Safety, Juvenile Justice & Family IssuesReferred to Elections 3/13/19Relating to the authority of a county to issue bonds to purchase a voting system or voting system equipment.*Preliminary Review* Grants commissioners court of a county the authority to purchase equipment necessary to operate a voting system or a new voting system. Click HereClick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.1301.htm
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HB 3183MsclRep. Hubert Vo (D) - Insurance, Pensions, Investments & Financial Services (Vice Chair), Resolutions CalendarsReferred to Elections 3/13/19Relating to the drawing for ballot order in a primary election.*Preliminary Review* Allows for the county chair's designee to conduct the drawing for ballot order in a primary election. Click HereClick Herehttps://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.172.htm
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HB 3200RegistrationRep. Gina Calanni (D) - Homeland Security & Public Safety, Juvenile Justice & Family IssuesReferred to Elections 3/13/19Relating to the submission by telephonic facsimile machine or electronic transmission of an application for a ballot to be voted by mail.*Preliminary Review* Includes voter registration applications to be accepted via telephonic fax transmission or electronic trasmittion and requires a confirmation receipt of the transmission of application as well as a statement that the applicant is required to submit the application by mail or common before returning a marked ballot. Click HereClick HereVarious