Bucy Bill Adds Three New Photo IDs For Voting

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By: Bucy
H.B. No. 402

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting.

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

SECTION 1. 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 voter

[ 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 voter's [ 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 voter [ person ] that contains the voter's [ person's ] photograph;

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

voter [ 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 voter

[ 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) an official Native American identification card or

tribal document that:

(A) contains the voter's photograph and address;

and

(B) is issued by a tribal organization or by a

tribe that is federally recognized and located in this state;

(7) an identification card issued by a public or

private institution of higher education located in this state that

contains the voter's photograph; or

(8) an identification card issued by a state agency of

this state that contains the voter's photograph .

SECTION 2. 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, 2027.