88R1208 TSS-D
 
  By: Miles S.B. No. 2475
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 63.0101(a), Election Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  The following documentation is an acceptable form of
  photo identification under this chapter:
               (1)  a driver's license, election identification
  certificate, or personal identification card issued to the voter
  [person] by the Department of Public Safety that has not expired or
  that expired no earlier than four years before the date of
  presentation;
               (2)  a United States military identification card that
  contains the voter's [person's] photograph that has not expired or
  that expired no earlier than four years before the date of
  presentation;
               (3)  a United States citizenship certificate issued to
  the voter [person] that contains the voter's [person's] photograph;
               (4)  a United States passport book or card issued to the
  voter [person] that has not expired or that expired no earlier than
  four years before the date of presentation; [or]
               (5)  a license to carry a handgun issued to the voter
  [person] by the Department of Public Safety that has not expired or
  that expired no earlier than four years before the date of
  presentation;
               (6)  an official Native American identification card or
  tribal document that:
                     (A)  contains the voter's photograph and address;
  and
                     (B)  is issued by a tribal organization or by a
  tribe that is federally recognized and located in this state;
               (7)  an identification card issued by a public or
  private institution of higher education located in this state that
  contains the voter's photograph; or
               (8)  an identification card issued by a state agency of
  this state that contains the voter's photograph.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2023.