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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the issuance and acceptance of a high school student |
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identification card and certain other forms of identification as |
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identification for voting. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 25, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 25.902 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 25.902. STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARDS. A school |
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district or open-enrollment charter school shall issue to each high |
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school student enrolled in the district or school a student |
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identification card that includes the student's: |
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(1) name; |
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(2) photograph; and |
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(3) date of birth. |
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SECTION 2. Section 63.0101(a), Election Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The following documentation is an acceptable form of |
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photo identification under this chapter: |
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(1) a driver's license, election identification |
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certificate, or personal identification card issued to the person |
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by the Department of Public Safety that has not expired or that |
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expired no earlier than four years before the date of presentation; |
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(2) a United States military identification card that |
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contains the person's photograph that has not expired or that |
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expired no earlier than four years before the date of presentation; |
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(3) a United States citizenship certificate issued to |
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the person that contains the person's photograph; |
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(4) a United States passport book or card issued to the |
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person that has not expired or that expired no earlier than four |
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years before the date of presentation; [or] |
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(5) a license to carry a handgun issued to the person |
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by the Department of Public Safety that has not expired or that |
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expired no earlier than four years before the date of presentation; |
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(6) a student identification card issued to the person |
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by a public or private high school or institution of higher |
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education that contains the person's photograph and date of birth; |
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or |
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(7) any other identification card, form, or |
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certificate containing the person's photograph and date of birth |
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issued by this state, an agency or political subdivision of this |
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state, or the United States. |
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SECTION 3. Section 25.902, Education Code, as added by this |
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Act, applies beginning with the 2023-2024 school year. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |