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By: DeAyala, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) |
H.B. No. 2259 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2025; |
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May 5, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on State |
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Affairs; May 15, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 15, 2025, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the instructions for an application form for an early |
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voting ballot. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 84, Election Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 84.0112 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 84.0112. OFFICIAL APPLICATION FORM INSTRUCTIONS. (a) |
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The secretary of state shall prescribe instructions to be printed |
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for the officially prescribed application form for an early voting |
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ballot. The instructions must: |
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(1) be presented in portrait orientation on a single |
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piece of paper that is 8-1/2 by 11 inches; |
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(2) be printed in Calibri or Aptos font in at least |
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12-point font or the largest font size that allows the instructions |
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to fit on a single piece of paper, as determined by the secretary; |
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and |
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(3) contain bold print, as determined necessary by the |
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secretary, to adequately relate the instructions to an item on the |
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application. |
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(b) The secretary shall prescribe instructions to be |
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printed along with the officially prescribed application form for |
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an early voting ballot in each language appropriate to the |
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demographic composition of this state in the form and manner |
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prescribed by Subsection (a). |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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