| |
| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to the acceptance of identification for voters who |
|
|
identify as transgender. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 32, Election Code, is |
|
|
amended by adding Section 32.116 to read as follows: |
|
|
Sec. 32.116. REQUIRED TRAINING RELATED TO ACCEPTING VOTERS |
|
|
WHO IDENTIFY AS TRANSGENDER. Each program, standard, or material |
|
|
for any training developed under this subchapter must include: |
|
|
(1) guidance for election workers to accept photo |
|
|
identification that may not align with a person's presenting gender |
|
|
expression or identity; and |
|
|
(2) information about voters who identify as |
|
|
transgender and their historical disenfranchisement. |
|
|
SECTION 2. Section 63.0101, Election Code, is amended by |
|
|
adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
|
|
(e) An indication of gender on a form of identification |
|
|
described by this section that does not align with the gender |
|
|
expression or identity of the person seeking to vote does not |
|
|
invalidate the form of identification for the purpose of accepting |
|
|
a voter for voting. |
|
|
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |