Monitoring the Session

HB 969

bill trimming one kind of driver’s license from voter ID

Filed

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Richard HayesRHouse 57

Initial review · graded Nov 9, 2026 · How we grade

Caption

relating to acceptable forms of photo identification for the purposes of voting.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Certain driver’s licenses stop counting at the polls. Bring a passport.

This bill rewrites the list of photo IDs a voter can show at the polls in Texas. It keeps driver's licenses, election ID certificates, state ID cards, military IDs, citizenship certificates, passports and handgun licenses, but says a driver's license with an expiration set under certain Transportation Code sections no longer counts. Voters holding only that kind of driver's license would need another listed ID to vote, starting immediately with a two-thirds vote or on September 1, 2027.

Labels

Labels: BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 89R HB 2424 (Did not pass). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R and 89R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 89R and 90R. Checked against 88R and 89R only.

Receipt

The receipt

90R-HB969 · 2026-11-09

SOLD BY

Rep. Richard HayesRHouse 57

ITEM

relating to acceptable forms of photo identification for the purposes of voting.

WHAT IT DOES

Certain driver’s licenses stop counting at the polls. Bring a passport.

This bill rewrites the list of photo IDs a voter can show at the polls in Texas. It keeps driver's licenses, election ID certificates, state ID cards, military IDs, citizenship certificates, passports and handgun licenses, but says a driver's license with an expiration set under certain Transportation Code sections no longer counts. Voters holding only that kind of driver's license would need another listed ID to vote, starting immediately with a two-thirds vote or on September 1, 2027.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

  1. Filed
FILED UNDER

ELECTION RULE CHANGES

THE TEXT

…“not including a driver's license with an expiration provided by Section 521.271(a-2), (a-3), or (a-4) or Section 521.2711(c), Transportation Code”…

Bill text, introduced version (I)

The bill narrows which driver's licenses count as voter ID, which changes what a voter must show to cast a ballot in person.

No flags

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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Richard Hayes

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$205KTexas Conservative Majority PAC$40KMichael Tenny$20,000

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Oct 28, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$204,650.12

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$204,650.12

Cash
$85,000.00
Paid by others
$119,650.12
Total
$204,650.12
mail $104,250.12polling $15,400.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 27, 2025 to Oct 20, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101010307, 101032268, 101069605, 101071583.

Texas Conservative Majority PAC$40,400.00

Texas Conservative Majority PAC

$40,400.00

Cash
$25,000.00
Paid by others
$15,400.00
Total
$40,400.00
polling $15,400.00

Also funds 42 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jan 23, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 22, 2026 to Oct 13, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101069605, 101071583.

Michael Tenny$20,000.00
Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

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Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$204,650.12

Cash
$85,000.00
Paid by others
$119,650.12
Total
$204,650.12
mail $104,250.12polling $15,400.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 27, 2025 to Oct 20, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101010307, 101032268, 101069605, 101071583.

×

Texas Conservative Majority PAC

$40,400.00

Cash
$25,000.00
Paid by others
$15,400.00
Total
$40,400.00
polling $15,400.00

Also funds 42 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jan 23, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 22, 2026 to Oct 13, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101069605, 101071583.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Fiscal

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by a super-expensive superintelligence, Nov 9, 2026, against the published rubric.

FILED BEFORE

Filed 2 times: 89R and now. Checked against 88R and 89R only.

89R HB 2424

by Rep. Hayes, same lead author · Did not pass · same text

Introduced text

Last action, Apr 22, 2025: Committee report sent to Calendars

Relating to acceptable forms of photo identification for the purposes of voting.

Caption, 89R bill history

Sources

Texas House · Filed Nov 9, 2026

11/09/2026 H Filed

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

Data snapshot Nov 10, 2026 at 2:38 AM CST. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Subjects

Elections--Administration

Elections--Registration & Suffrage

Vehicles & Traffic--Driver's Licenses

IDENTIFICATION CARDS

Text

The text as introduced · 281 words

90R111 LRM-D

By: Hayes
H.B. No. 969

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to acceptable forms of photo identification for the

purposes of 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, not including a driver's

license with an expiration provided by Section 521.271(a-2), (a-3),

or (a-4) or Section 521.2711(c), Transportation Code, an election

identification certificate, or a 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.

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.