87R5450 MLH-D
 
  By: Goodwin H.B. No. 1463
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to voting by mail due to childbirth or expected
  childbirth.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The heading to Section 82.002, Election Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 82.002.  DISABILITY OR OTHER PHYSICAL CONDITION.
         SECTION 2.  Section 82.002(b), Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  A voter giving birth or expecting to give birth within
  nine months of [Expected or likely confinement for childbirth on]
  election day is sufficient cause to entitle the [a] voter to vote
  under Subsection (a).
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.