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AN ACT
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relating to the text on an application for a ballot to be voted by |
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mail. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 84.011(b), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) The officially prescribed application form for an early |
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voting ballot to be voted by mail must be: |
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(1) at least eight inches by nine inches in size; |
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(2) [and be] printed in at least 10-point [six-point] |
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type; and |
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(3) printed in black text. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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an election ordered on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3697 was passed by the House on May 8, |
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2025, by the following vote: Yeas 121, Nays 22, 2 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 3697 on May 30, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 106, Nays 30, |
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2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3697 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |