Anchía Bill Turns High School Student Cards Into Voter ID

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By: Anchía
H.B. No. 2714

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the issuance and acceptance of a high school student

identification card and certain other forms of identification as

identification for voting.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 25, Education Code, is

amended by adding Section 25.903 to read as follows:

Sec. 25.903. STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARDS. A school

district or open-enrollment charter school shall issue to each high

school student enrolled in the district or school a student

identification card that includes the student's:

(1) name;

(2) photograph; and

(3) date of birth.

SECTION 2. Section 63.0101(a), Election Code, is amended to

read as follows:

(a) The following documentation is an acceptable form of

photo identification under this chapter:

(1) a driver's license, election identification

certificate, or personal identification card issued to the person

by the Department of Public Safety that has not expired or that

expired no earlier than four years before the date of presentation;

(2) a United States military identification card that

contains the person's photograph that has not expired or that

expired no earlier than four years before the date of presentation;

(3) a United States citizenship certificate issued to

the person that contains the person's photograph;

(4) a United States passport book or card issued to the

person that has not expired or that expired no earlier than four

years before the date of presentation; [ or ]

(5) a license to carry a handgun issued to the person

by the Department of Public Safety that has not expired or that

expired no earlier than four years before the date of presentation ;

(6) a student identification card issued to the person

by a public or private high school or institution of higher

education that contains the person's photograph and date of birth;

or

(7) any other identification card, form, or

certificate containing the person's photograph and date of birth

issued by this state, an agency or political subdivision of this

state, or the United States .

SECTION 3. Section 25.903, Education Code, as added by this

Act, applies beginning with the 2025-2026 school year.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.