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  89R10577 AB-D     By: Reynolds H.B. No. 3028       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to requiring notice regarding the potential eligibility to   vote of certain persons convicted of a felony.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter O, Chapter 42A, Code of Criminal   Procedure, is amended by adding Article 42A.703 to read as follows:           Art.   42A.703.     NOTICE REGARDING POTENTIAL ELIGIBILITY FOR   VOTER REGISTRATION. A judge who discharges under Article 42A.701 a   defendant placed on community supervision for a felony shall notify   the defendant, in writing, that the defendant may be eligible to   register to vote under Section 13.001, Election Code.          SECTION 2.  Chapter 493, Government Code, is amended by   adding Section 493.036 to read as follows:           Sec.   493.036.     NOTICE REGARDING POTENTIAL ELIGIBILITY FOR   VOTER REGISTRATION. (a)   In this section, "offender" means an   inmate or state jail defendant.           (b)     The department shall notify, in writing, an offender who   completes the offender's sentence, including any period of parole   or mandatory supervision, that the offender may be eligible to   register to vote under Section 13.001, Election Code.          SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   a person who fully discharges a sentence, including any term of   incarceration, parole, or supervision, or completes a period of   probation ordered by any court on or after the effective date of   this Act.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.