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  88R1782 DIO-D
 
  By: Bucy H.B. No. 357
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the requirements to access the online tracker of an
  application for a ballot to be voted by mail.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 86.015(b), Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  The online tool developed or provided under Subsection
  (a) must require the voter to provide, before permitting the voter
  to access information described by that subsection:
               (1)  the voter's name and date of birth [registration
  address and the last four digits of the voter's social security
  number]; and
               (2)  the voter's[:
                     [(A)]  driver's license number, the voter's [; or
                     [(B)]  personal identification card number issued
  by the Department of Public Safety, or the last four digits of the
  voter's social security number.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.