By: Kolkhorst  S.B. No. 260
         (In the Senate - Filed December 1, 2022; February 15, 2023,
  read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
  April 4, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 8,
  Nays 2; April 4, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to confirmation of a voter's residence by a voter
  registrar.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 15.051(a), Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  The [If the registrar has reason to believe that a
  voter's current residence is different from that indicated on the
  registration records, or that the voter's residence address is a
  commercial post office box or similar location that does not
  correspond to a residence, the] registrar shall deliver to a [the]
  voter a written confirmation notice requesting confirmation of the
  voter's current residence if:
               (1)  the voter's residence address is a commercial post
  office box or similar location that does not correspond to a
  residence;
               (2)  on November 30 following a general election:
                     (A)  the voter's name is not on the suspense list;
  and
                     (B)  the voter has not voted in any election
  during the previous 25 months; or
               (3)  the registrar has any other reason to believe that
  a voter's current residence is different from that indicated on the
  registration records.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
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