S.B. No. 1862

AN ACT

relating to interstate notification by the voter registrar of certain applicants for voter registration.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 13.002(c), Election Code, is amended to read as follows:

(c) A registration application must include:

(1) the applicant's first name, middle name, if any, last name, and former name, if any;

(2) the month, day, and year of the applicant's birth;

(3) a statement that the applicant is a United States citizen;

(4) a statement that the applicant is a resident of the county;

(5) a statement that the applicant has not been determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be:

(A) totally mentally incapacitated; or

(B) partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote;

(6) a statement that the applicant has not been finally convicted of a felony or that the applicant is a felon eligible for registration under Section 13.001;

(7) the applicant's residence address or, if the residence has no address, the address at which the applicant receives mail and a concise description of the location of the applicant's residence;

(8) the following information:

(A) the applicant's Texas driver's license number or the number of a personal identification card issued by the Department of Public Safety;

(B) if the applicant has not been issued a number described by Paragraph (A), the last four digits of the applicant's social security number; or

(C) a statement by the applicant that the applicant has not been issued a number described by Paragraph (A) or (B);

(9) if the application is made by an agent, a statement of the agent's relationship to the applicant; and

(10) the address, including the city and county, where [in which] the applicant formerly resided.

SECTION 2. Section 13.072, Election Code, is amended by adding Subsections (e), (f), and (g) to read as follows:

(e) If a voter registration application indicates the applicant's previous residence was outside of this state, the voter registrar shall document the applicant's full legal name, date of birth, current address of residence, and previous address of residence.

(f) The voter registrar shall compile the data described by Subsection (e) and, at least once a month, submit the data to the secretary of state. The transmitted data must include the following for each voter:

(1) full legal name;

(2) date of birth;

(3) social security number, if provided;

(4) driver's license number, if provided;

(5) voter unique identifier number;

(6) current address of residence; and

(7) previous address of residence.

(g) On a monthly basis, the secretary of state shall, with the data submitted under Subsection (f), notify the voter registrar with jurisdiction over the previous residence of a voter described by Subsection (e) that the voter may be removed from that jurisdiction's voter registration list.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

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President of the Senate Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1862 passed the Senate on April 24, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________ Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1862 passed the House, with amendment, on May 24, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 133, Nays 0, three present not voting.

______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

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Date

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Governor