HB 5034

relating to eligibility requirements for voting.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section 13.002(c), Election Code, is amended to
(c)  A registration application must include:
(1)  the applicant's first name, middle name, if any,
last name, and former name, if any;
(2)  the month, day, and year of the applicant's birth;
(3)  a statement that the applicant is a United States
(4)  a statement that the applicant is a resident of the
(5)  a statement that the applicant has not been
determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate
(A)  totally mentally incapacitated; or
(B)  partially mentally incapacitated without the
(6)  a statement that the applicant has not been
finally convicted of a felony or that the applicant is a felon
eligible for registration under Section 13.001;
(7)  the applicant's residence address or, if the
residence has no address, the address at which the applicant
receives mail and a concise description of the location of the
(8)  the following information:
(A)  the applicant's Texas driver's license number
or the number of a personal identification card issued by the
(B)  if the applicant has not been issued a number
described by Paragraph (A), the last four digits of the applicant's
(C)  if the applicant has not been issued a number
described by Paragraph (A) or (B), a document listed under Section
63.0101(a) that confirms the applicant's citizenship status [a
statement by the applicant that the applicant has not been issued a
number described by Paragraph (A) or (B)];
(9)  if the application is made by an agent, a statement
of the agent's relationship to the applicant; and
(10)  the city and county in which the applicant
SECTION 2.  Section 13.122(a), Election Code, is amended to
(a)  In addition to the other statements and spaces for
entering information that appear on an officially prescribed
registration application form, each official form must include:
(1)  the statement: "I understand that giving false
information to procure a voter registration is perjury and a crime
(2)  a space for the applicant's registration number;
(3)  a space for the applicant's Texas driver's license
number or number of a personal identification card issued by the
(4)  a space for the applicant's telephone number;
(5)  a space for the applicant's social security
(6)  a space for the applicant's sex;
(7)  a statement indicating that the furnishing of the
applicant's telephone number and sex is optional;
(8)  a space or box for indicating whether the
applicant or voter is submitting new registration information or a
change in current registration information;
(9)  a statement instructing a voter who is using the
form to make a change in current registration information to enter
the voter's name and the changed information in the appropriate
(10)  a statement that if the applicant declines to
register to vote, that fact will remain confidential and will be
used only for voter registration purposes;
(11)  a statement that if the applicant does register
to vote, information regarding the agency or office to which the
application is submitted will remain confidential and will be used
only for voter registration purposes;
(12)  a space or box for indicating whether the
applicant is interested in working as an election judge;
(13)  a statement listing the documents confirming
citizenship status an applicant must include if the applicant does
not have a Texas driver's license number or personal identification
card number issued by the Department of Public Safety, or a social
(14)  a statement warning that a conviction for making
a false statement may result in imprisonment for up to the maximum
amount of time provided by law, a fine of up to the maximum amount
provided by law, or both the imprisonment and the fine; and
(15) [(14)]  any other voter registration information
required by federal law or considered appropriate and required by
SECTION 3.  Section 63.0101(a), Election Code, is amended to
(a)  The following documentation is an acceptable form of
photo identification under this chapter:
(1)  one of the following forms of identification
issued to the person by the Department of Public Safety that has not
expired or that expired no earlier than one year before the date of
(A)  a driver's license, not including a driver's
license subject to Section 521.271(a-2), (a-3), or (a-4) or
521.2711(c), Transportation Code;
(B)  an election identification certificate;[,]
(C)  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
(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 4.  Section 114.004, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d)  The federal postcard application must include:
(1)  a photocopy of the applicant's unexpired, valid
United States passport or current, unexpired military
(2)  a photocopy of a lease, bank statement, utility
bill, or other document that shows the name and foreign address of
(3)  a signed affidavit that each of the statements in
the application are correct and true.
SECTION 5.  Section 114.007, Election Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection (a-1) to
(a)  The balloting materials provided under this chapter
(1)  [shall] be airmailed to the voter free of United
States postage, as provided by the federal Uniformed and Overseas
Citizens Absentee Voting Act (52 [42] U.S.C. Section 20301 [1973ff]
et seq.), in an envelope labeled "Official Election Balloting
(2)  be provided via electronic transmission of an
image of the application under procedures prescribed by the
(a-1)  The secretary of state shall provide early voting
clerks with instructions on compliance with this section
(c)  A ballot voted under this chapter may be returned to the
early voting clerk by mail, common or contract carrier, or courier
and must include the material required under Section 114.004(d).
SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.