89R8074 JDK-F
 
  By: Hayes H.B. No. 2803
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to requiring an election judge to provide a watcher
  removed from a polling place a signed statement containing the
  reason for the removal.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 32.075, Election Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (i) to read as follows:
         (i)  A presiding judge who has a watcher removed from the
  polling place after the watcher has been duly accepted for service
  under Subchapter A, Chapter 33, shall provide to the watcher a
  signed statement containing the reason for the removal.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.