HB1218 - Relating to postage for early voting ballots voted by mail.

      By: Hinojosa H.B. No. 1218       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to postage for early voting ballots voted by mail.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 86.002, Election Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:           (a-1)     The officially prescribed carrier envelope shall be   prepared so that it can be mailed free of United States postage. The   secretary of state shall adopt rules necessary for the   administration of this subsection.          SECTION 2.  Section 86.013(a), Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (a)  "Carrier Envelope for Early Voting Ballot," the name and   official title of the early voting clerk as addressee, [ and ] the   clerk's official mailing address , and an indication that return   postage for the envelope and balloting materials is prepaid  must be   printed on the face of each official carrier envelope for a ballot   to be voted by mail.          SECTION 3.  Section 86.002(e), Election Code, is repealed.          SECTION 4.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to an election ordered on or after the effective date of this Act.   An election ordered before the effective date of this Act is   governed by the law as it existed immediately before the effective   date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that   purpose.          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.