bill lets new-county movers vote limited ballots on election day

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89R3564 TSS-D

By: Zwiener
H.B. No. 1032

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to voting a limited ballot following the change of the

county of residence by a voter.

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

SECTION 1. Sections 112.002(a) and (d), Election Code, are

amended to read as follows:

(a) After changing residence to another county, a person is

eligible to vote a limited ballot on election day, by personal

appearance during the early voting period , or by mail if:

(1) the person would have been eligible to vote in the

county of former residence on election day if still residing in that

county;

(2) the person is registered to vote in the county of

former residence at the time the person:

(A) offers to vote in the county of new

residence; or

(B) submitted a voter registration application

in the county of new residence; and

(3) a voter registration for the person in the county

of new residence is not effective on or before election day.

(d) A statement executed under Subsection (c) shall be

submitted:

(1) to an election officer at the [ main early voting ]

polling place, if the person is voting by personal appearance; or

(2) with the person's application for a ballot to be

voted by mail, if the person is voting by mail.

SECTION 2. Section 112.006, Election Code, is amended to

read as follows:

Sec. 112.006. PLACE FOR VOTING BY PERSONAL APPEARANCE. A

person may vote a limited ballot by personal appearance :

(1) at any early voting polling place; or

(2) on election day, at a countywide polling place or

the polling place located in the precinct of the new residence of

the voter [ only at the main early voting polling place ].

SECTION 3. Sections 112.008 and 112.009, Election Code, are

amended to read as follows:

Sec. 112.008. DETERMINING OFFICES AND MEASURES TO BE VOTED

ON. For each person who is to vote a limited ballot, the election

officer [ early voting clerk ] shall determine the offices and

propositions stating measures on which the person is entitled to

vote and shall indicate them on the person's application.

Sec. 112.009. PREPARING VOTING MACHINE. Before permitting

a person to vote a limited ballot on a voting machine, the election

officer [ early voting clerk ] shall adjust the machine so that votes

may be cast only on the offices and propositions stating measures on

which the voter is entitled to vote.

SECTION 4. Section 112.010(a), Election Code, is amended to

read as follows:

(a) If early voting by personal appearance is conducted by

voting machine, the election officer [ early voting clerk ] may

conduct the personal appearance voting of limited ballots by using

official ballots for early voting by mail.

SECTION 5. Section 112.011(b), Election Code, is amended to

read as follows:

(b) The information must include the data necessary to

enable an election officer [ early voting clerk ] to determine the

district offices on which a voter under this chapter is eligible to

vote.

SECTION 6. Section 112.012, Election Code, is amended to

read as follows:

Sec. 112.012. NOTIFICATION TO VOTER REGISTRAR. Not later

than the 30th day after receipt of an application for a limited

ballot, the county [ early voting ] clerk shall notify the voter

registrar for the voter's former county of residence that the voter

has applied for a limited ballot.

SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.