Honorable Bryan Hughes, Chair, Senate Committee on State Affairs
FROM:
Jerry McGinty, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB1862 by Hughes (relating to interstate notification by the voter registrar of certain applicants for voter registration.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Election Code related to certain applicants for voter registration. In cases where applicants are applying to vote in Texas after previously being resident in another state, it would require voter registrars in Texas to submit a periodic report to the Secretary of State (SOS) providing certain information about these applicants. The SOS would be required to notify the voter registrar with jurisdiction over the previous residence of a voter that the voter may be removed from that jurisdiction's voter registration list.
It is assumed that any costs related to this bill at the SOS could be absorbed within existing resources.
Local Government Impact
The fiscal implications of the bill to voter registrars cannot be determined at this time.