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      H.B. No. 2259         AN ACT   relating to the instructions for an application form for an early   voting ballot.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 84, Election Code, is   amended by adding Section 84.0112 to read as follows:           Sec.   84.0112.     OFFICIAL APPLICATION FORM INSTRUCTIONS. (a)   The secretary of state shall prescribe instructions to be printed   for the officially prescribed application form for an early voting   ballot. The instructions must:                 (1)     be presented in portrait orientation on a single   piece of paper that is 8-1/2 by 11 inches;                 (2)     be printed in Calibri or Aptos font in at least   12-point font or the largest font size that allows the instructions   to fit on a single piece of paper, as determined by the secretary;   and                 (3)     contain bold print, as determined necessary by the   secretary, to adequately relate the instructions to an item on the   application.           (b)     The secretary shall prescribe instructions to be   printed along with the officially prescribed application form for   an early voting ballot in each language appropriate to the   demographic composition of this state in the form and manner   prescribed by Subsection (a).          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 2259 was passed by the House on May 1,   2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 131, Nays 1, 1 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 2259 was passed by the Senate on May   25, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor