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AN ACT
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relating to the requirements to access the online tracker of an |
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application for a ballot to be voted by mail and to the date of |
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runoff elections. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2.025, 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 provided by Subsection (d) or as otherwise |
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provided by this code, a runoff election shall be held on a Saturday |
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designated by the secretary of state [not earlier than the 20th or |
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later than the 45th day after the date the final canvass of the main |
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election is completed]. |
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(e) A date designated by the secretary of state under this |
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section for a runoff election: |
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(1) must be: |
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(A) not earlier than the 30th day after the date |
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of the main election; and |
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(B) not later than the 45th day after the date of |
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the main election; and |
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(2) may not: |
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(A) be a national or state holiday under Section |
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1.006(f); or |
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(B) have an early voting period that includes a |
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national or state holiday under Section 1.006(f). |
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SECTION 2. Section 86.015(b), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) The online tool developed or provided under Subsection |
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(a) must require the voter to provide, before permitting the voter |
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to access information described by that subsection: |
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(1) the voter's name and date of birth [registration |
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address] and the last four digits of the voter's social security |
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number; and |
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(2) the voter's: |
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(A) driver's license number; or |
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(B) personal identification card number issued |
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by the Department of Public Safety. |
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SECTION 3. Section 2.025(b), Election Code, is repealed. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 357 was passed by the House on April |
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27, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to |
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H.B. No. 357 on May 25, 2023, 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. 357 on May 28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 140, |
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Nays 0, 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. 357 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 21, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0; 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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357 on May 28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |