Amend SB 2217 (house committee report) on third reading as follows:

(1)  On page 1, line 4, strike "31.014(a), Election Code, is amended" and substitute "31.014, Election Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1)".

(2)  On page 2, between lines 19 and 20, insert the following:

(a-1)  Nothing in this section may be construed to prevent an election official from redacting information included on a document described by Subsection (a) as necessary to preserve a voter's right to a secret ballot protected under Section 4, Article VI, Texas Constitution.

(3)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 15.025, Election Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:

(a)  Except as provided by Subsections (b), [and] (d), and (e), the registration of a voter described by this subsection whose information is changed on the registration records becomes effective as to the change on the 30th day after:

(1)  the date the voter submits to the registrar a notice of a change in registration information under Section 15.021 or a response under Section 15.053, indicating the change; or

(2)  the date the voter submits a statement of residence to an election officer under Section 63.0011 or a registration application or change of address to an agency employee under Chapter 20, indicating the change.

SECTION ____.  Sections 63.0011(b) and (c), Election Code, are amended to read as follows:

(b)  If the voter's residence address is not current because the voter has changed residence within the county, the voter may vote, if otherwise eligible, in the election precinct in which the voter resides [is registered] if the voter resides in the county in which the voter is registered [and, if applicable:

[(1)     resides in the political subdivision served by the authority ordering the election if the political subdivision is other than the county; or

[(2)     resides in the territory covered by the election in a less-than-countywide election ordered by the governor or a county authority].

(c)  Before being accepted for voting, the voter must execute and submit to an election officer a statement including:

(1)  a statement that the voter satisfies the applicable residence requirement [requirements] prescribed by Subsection (b);

(2)  all of the information that a person must include in an application to register to vote under Section 13.002; [and]

(3)  the date the statement is submitted to the election officer; and

(4)  a request to the registrar to change the voter's registration address to the address at which the voter resides.