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Senate Bill 5 |
Senate Author: Huffman et al. |
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Effective: 1-1-18 |
House Sponsor: King, Phil et al. |
Senate Bill 5 amends the Election Code and Transportation Code to require the secretary of state to establish a program using mobile units to provide election identification certificates to voters who are otherwise unable to present acceptable documentation of proof of identification when offering to vote and who declare a reasonable impediment to providing such documentation. The bill expands the types of documentation acceptable as proof of identification for voting purposes, increases the penalty for an offense of unlawfully accepting or refusing to accept a voter, and creates the state jail felony offense of false statement on declaration of reasonable impediment.