HB 4047
AN ACT relating to the use of paper ballots in conducting an election.
House Bill • Schatzline
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
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What This Bill Does
relating to the use of paper ballots in conducting an election.
Bill Text
relating to the use of paper ballots in conducting an election. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 125, Election Code, is amended by adding Section 125.0071 to read as follows: Sec. 125.0071. PROVISION OF PAPER BALLOT. An election officer at a polling place where an electronic voting system is used must provide a paper ballot to be marked by hand to each voter who SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to an election held on or after the effective date of this Act. An election held before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the election was held, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
Bill History
filed
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to the use of paper ballots in conducting an election.
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