By: Schofield H.B. No. 4329
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the residence address of an applicant for purposes of
  voter registration.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 13.001, Election Code, is amended by
  adding subsection (d) as follows:
         Sec. 13.001.  ELIGIBILITY FOR REGISTRATION. (a)  To be
  eligible for registration as a voter in this state, a person must:
               (1)  be 18 years of age or older;
               (2)  be a United States citizen;
               (3)  not have been determined by a final judgment of a
  court exercising probate jurisdiction to be:
                     (A)  totally mentally incapacitated; or
                     (B)  partially mentally incapacitated without the
  right to vote;
               (4)  not have been finally convicted of a felony or, if
  so convicted, must have:
                     (A)  fully discharged the person's sentence,
  including any term of incarceration, parole, or supervision, or
  completed a period of probation ordered by any court; or
                     (B)  been pardoned or otherwise released from the
  resulting disability to vote; and
               (5)  be a resident of the county in which application
  for registration is made.
         (b)  To be eligible to apply for registration, a person must,
  on the date the registration application is submitted to the
  registrar, be at least 17 years and 10 months of age and satisfy the
  requirements of Subsection (a) except for age.
         (c)  For purposes of Subsection (a)(4), a person is not
  considered to have been finally convicted of an offense for which
  the criminal proceedings are deferred without an adjudication of
  guilt.
         (d)  To be eligible to apply for registration at a residence,
  the person must habitually sleep at that residence.  A person whose
  residence has an address is only eligible to register at that
  address and is not eligible to register at any other place.
         SECTION 2.  Section 13.002(c), Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (c)  A registration application must include:
               (1)  the applicant's first name, middle name, if any,
  last name, and former name, if any;
               (2)  the month, day, and year of the applicant's birth;
               (3)  a statement that the applicant is a United States
  citizen;
               (4)  a statement that the applicant is a resident of the
  county;
               (5)  a statement that the applicant has not been
  determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate
  jurisdiction to be:
                     (A)  totally mentally incapacitated; or
                     (B)  partially mentally incapacitated without the
  right to vote;
               (6)  a statement that the applicant has not been
  finally convicted of a felony or that the applicant is a felon
  eligible for registration under Section 13.001;
               (7)  the applicant's residence address under Section
  13.001(d) or, if the residence has no address:[,]
                     (A)  the address at which the applicant receives
  mail;
                     (B)  [and] a concise description of the location
  of the applicant's residence; and
                     (C)  a statement that the applicant's residence
  has no address;
               (8)  the following information:
                     (A)  the applicant's Texas driver's license number
  or the number of a personal identification card issued by the
  Department of Public Safety;
                     (B)  if the applicant has not been issued a number
  described by Paragraph (A), the last four digits of the applicant's
  social security number; or
                     (C)  a statement by the applicant that the
  applicant has not been issued a number described by Paragraph (A) or
  (B);
               (9)  if the application is made by an agent, a statement
  of the agent's relationship to the applicant; and
               (10)  the city and county in which the applicant
  formerly resided.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.