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  89R15628 MPF-D     By: Jones of Harris H.B. No. 3571       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to requirements for a judicial action in which a   candidate's eligibility is in issue.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 145, Election Code, is   amended by adding Section 145.006 to read as follows:           Sec.   145.006.     CHALLENGED CANDIDATE AS NECESSARY PARTY IN   JUDICIAL ACTION ON ELIGIBILITY. In any judicial action in which a   candidate's eligibility is in issue, the candidate whose   eligibility is in issue is a necessary party to the proceedings.          SECTION 2.  Section 145.006, Election Code, as added by this   Act, applies only to a judicial action instituted on or after the   effective date of this Act.  A judicial action instituted before the   effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the   date the action was instituted, and the former law is continued in   effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.