bill requiring voter ID addresses to match

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By: Isaac
H.B. No. 2739

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to requiring the address on certain identification

documents presented by a voter match the address of the voter on the

list of registered voters.

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

SECTION 1. Section 63.001, Election Code, is amended by

amending Subsection (c-1) and adding Subsection (c-2) to read as

follows:

(c-1) Except as provided by Subsection (c-2), an [ An ]

election officer may not refuse to accept documentation presented

to meet the requirements of Subsection (b) solely because the

address on the documentation does not match the address on the list

of registered voters.

(c-2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter,

an election officer may only accept documentation listed in

Sections 63.0101(a)(1) and (5) presented to meet the requirements

of Subsection (b) if the address on the documentation matches the

address on the list of registered voters.

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 includes an address

matching the address of the person on the list of registered voters

and 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 includes an address

matching the address of the person on the list of registered voters

and that has not expired or that expired no earlier than four years

before the date of presentation.

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