TO: | Honorable Jodie Laubenberg, Chair, House Committee on Elections |
FROM: | Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB2815 by Oliverson (Relating to early in-person voting by voters who reside at a residential care facility.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted |
The bill would amend the Election Code and Health and Safety Code allowing certain persons at a residential care facility to request a vote by mail ballot and allow early voting at residential care facilities.
According to the Department of State Health Services and the Secretary of State, any costs associated with implementing the provisions of the bill can be absorbed within existing resources.
The bill would take effect September 1, 2017.
Source Agencies: | 307 Secretary of State, 537 State Health Services, Department of
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LBB Staff: | UP, LBO, GG, BM
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