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HB 3571

AN ACT relating to requirements for a judicial action in which a

House Bill • Jones, Jolanda
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89th Regular Session

Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended

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What This Bill Does

Mandates that in any judicial action challenging a candidate's eligibility, the candidate in question must be a direct party to the legal proceedings. It ensures that candidates have the right to defend their own eligibility in court, requiring them to be formally included in any legal challenges about their qualifications to run for office. The law will apply to judicial actions instituted on or after September 1, 2025.

Subject Areas

Elections--Judicial Elections--Candidates

Bill Text

relating to requirements for a judicial action in which a
candidate's eligibility is in issue.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 145, Election Code, is
amended by adding Section 145.006 to read as follows:
Sec. 145.006.  CHALLENGED CANDIDATE AS NECESSARY PARTY IN
JUDICIAL ACTION ON ELIGIBILITY.  In any judicial action in which a
candidate's eligibility is in issue, the candidate whose
eligibility is in issue is a necessary party to the proceedings.
SECTION 2.  Section 145.006, Election Code, as added by this
Act, applies only to a judicial action instituted on or after the
effective date of this Act.  A judicial action instituted before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
date the action was instituted, and the former law is continued in
SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

Bill History

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Bill filed: AN ACT relating to requirements for a judicial action in which a

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