HB 1032
AN ACT relating to voting a limited ballot following the change of the
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
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Bill filed, pending referral to House committee
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What This Bill Does
Modifies voting procedures for Texas residents who have recently moved to a new county. It allows voters who have changed counties to cast a limited ballot in their new county if they were registered to vote in their previous county and are still eligible to vote there, but have not yet had their new voter registration finalized. Voters can now cast these limited ballots at any early voting polling place or on election day at a countywide polling place, expanding previous more restrictive voting options.
Subject Areas
Bill Text
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 (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 (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 (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 (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 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 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 (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 (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 SECTION 6. Section 112.012, Election Code, is amended to 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.
Bill Sponsors
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Bill History
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to voting a limited ballot following the change of the
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