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  89R3949 JDK-D     By: Vo H.B. No. 1296       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the voter registration of naturalized United States   citizens.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 13.002(a), Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (a)   Except as provided by Section 13.009, a [ A ] person   desiring to register to vote must submit an application to the   registrar of the county in which the person resides. Except as   provided by Subsection (e), an application must be submitted by   personal delivery, by mail, or by telephonic facsimile machine in   accordance with Sections 13.143(d) and (d-2).          SECTION 2.  Subchapter A, Chapter 13, Election Code, is   amended by adding Section 13.009 to read as follows:           Sec.   13.009.     VOTER REGISTRATION OF NATURALIZED CITIZEN.   (a) The voter registrar of each county shall automatically   register a resident of the county who is eligible to vote as   provided by Section 13.001 upon issuance of a certificate of   naturalization by the United States Citizenship and Immigration   Services.           (b)     For the purposes of Subsection (a), the Department of   Public Safety may, in cooperation with the United States   Citizenship and Immigration Services, establish a procedure by   which the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services   notifies the department when a person lawfully present in this   state is issued a certificate of naturalization.           (c)     A procedure established under Subsection (b) must   require the Department of Public Safety to provide the information   received from the United States Citizenship and Immigration   Services to the appropriate county registrar.           (d)     If the United States Citizenship and Immigration   Services fails to notify the Department of Public Safety that a   person lawfully present in this state has been issued a certificate   of naturalization, the newly naturalized citizen may present the   certificate of naturalization to the appropriate county registrar   in satisfaction of Section 13.002(c)(3). The registrar shall   assist the person in registering to vote.           (e)     The secretary of state may adopt rules to implement this   section as necessary.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.