88R4677 SGM-D
 
  By: Hinojosa H.B. No. 2622
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to voting a limited ballot on election day following the
  change of the county of residence by a voter.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Sections 112.002(a) and (d), Election Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  After changing residence to another county, a person is
  eligible to vote a limited ballot by personal appearance during the
  early voting period, on election day, or by mail if:
               (1)  the person would have been eligible to vote in the
  county of former residence on election day if still residing in that
  county;
               (2)  the person is registered to vote in the county of
  former residence at the time the person:
                     (A)  offers to vote in the county of new
  residence; or
                     (B)  submitted a voter registration application
  in the county of new residence; and
               (3)  a voter registration for the person in the county
  of new residence is not effective on or before election day.
         (d)  A statement executed under Subsection (c) shall be
  submitted:
               (1)  to an election officer at the main early voting
  polling place, if the person is voting by personal appearance; [or]
               (2)  to a person designated by the early voting clerk at
  the location used for the main early voting polling place, if the
  person is voting on election day; or
               (3)  with the person's application for a ballot to be
  voted by mail, if the person is voting by mail.
         SECTION 2.  Section 112.006, Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 112.006.  PLACE FOR VOTING BY PERSONAL APPEARANCE OR ON
  ELECTION DAY. A person may vote a limited ballot by personal
  appearance only at the main early voting polling place. A person
  may vote a limited ballot on election day only at the location of
  the main early voting polling place.
         SECTION 3.  Section 112.010(a), Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  If early voting by personal appearance is conducted by
  voting machine, the early voting clerk may conduct the personal
  appearance voting of limited ballots by using official ballots for
  early voting by mail. The early voting clerk may conduct voting of
  limited ballots on election day at the location of the main early
  voting polling place by using official ballots for early voting by
  mail.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.