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AN ACT
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relating to the use of a wireless communication device at a polling |
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place. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 61.014, Election Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) Except as permitted by Sections 61.012 and 61.013, a [A] |
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person may not use a wireless communication device within a room in |
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which voting is taking place [within 100 feet of a voting station]. |
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(e) The secretary of state shall require a presiding judge |
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to post a notice that states the prohibition on the use of a |
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wireless communication device in a prominent and reasonably visible |
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location outside of a room in which voting is taking place. |
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SECTION 2. 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. 3909 was passed by the House on May 8, |
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2025, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 8, 2 present, not |
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voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to |
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H.B. No. 3909 on May 30, 2025, and requested the appointment of a |
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conference committee to consider the differences between the two |
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houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report |
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on H.B. No. 3909 on June 1, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 127, |
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Nays 9, 1 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. 3909 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays |
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4; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference |
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committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and |
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that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. |
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3909 on May 31, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 27, Nays 4. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |