HB1855 - Relating to the registration of voters at a polling place and related procedures.

  89R1946 LRM-D     By: Cole H.B. No. 1855       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the registration of voters at a polling place and   related procedures.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 12, Election Code, is   amended by adding Section 12.007 to read as follows:           Sec.   12.007.     CERTAIN ELECTION OFFICERS ARE VOTER   REGISTRARS. The registrar shall appoint at least one election   officer serving each polling place for early voting by personal   appearance or on election day as a regular deputy registrar.          SECTION 2.  Chapter 63, Election Code, is amended by adding   Section 63.010 to read as follows:           Sec.   63.010.     REGISTRATION AT POLLING PLACE; VOTING   PROCEDURES. (a) Other applicable provisions of this code apply to   the conduct of voting and to the registration of voters under this   section to the extent those provisions do not conflict with this   section.           (b)     A person who would be eligible to vote in an election   under Section 11.001, but for the requirement to be a registered   voter, shall be accepted for voting in the precinct of the person's   residence if, on the day the person offers to vote, the person:                 (1)     submits a voter registration application that   complies with Section 13.002 to a voter registrar at the polling   place; and                 (2)  presents as proof of identification:                       (A)     a form of photo identification listed in   Section 63.0101(a) that states the person's current address on the   day the person seeks to vote; or                       (B)     a document listed in Section 63.0101(b)(2)   and another form of identification listed in Section 63.0101(a),   (b)(1), or (b)(3).           (c)     Persons voting under this section shall be processed   separately at the polling place from persons who are voting under   regular procedures.           (d)     The secretary of state shall adopt rules to ensure the   accountability of election officers and to fairly implement this   section.          SECTION 3.  Section 85.031(a), Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (a)  For each person entitled to vote an early voting ballot   by personal appearance or entitled to register at a polling place ,   the early voting clerk shall follow the procedure for accepting or   registering a regular voter on election day, with the modifications   necessary for the conduct of early voting.          SECTION 4.  The secretary of state shall adopt rules as   required by Section 63.010, Election Code, as added by this Act, not   later than February 1, 2026.          SECTION 5.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   an election for which early voting by personal appearance begins on   or after February 1, 2026.          SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.