HB2803 - Relating to requiring an election judge to provide a watcher removed from a polling place a signed statement containing the reason for the removal.

      By: Hayes H.B. No. 2803       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to requiring an election judge to provide a watcher   removed from a polling place a signed statement containing the   reason for the removal.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 32.075, Election Code, is amended by   adding Subsections (i) and (j) to read as follows:           (i)     A presiding judge who has a watcher removed from the   polling place after the watcher has been duly accepted for service   under Subchapter A, Chapter 33, shall, at the time of removal,   provide to the watcher a signed statement containing the reason for   the removal.           (j)     The secretary of state shall prescribe a form for the   signed statement required by Subsection (i).          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.