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      H.B. No. 3697         AN ACT   relating to the text on an application for a ballot to be voted by   mail.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 84.011(b), Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (b)  The officially prescribed application form for an early   voting ballot to be voted by mail must be :                 (1)   at least eight inches by nine inches in size ;                 (2)   [ and be ] printed in at least 10-point [ six-point ]   type ; and                 (3)  printed in black text .          SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   an election ordered on or after the effective date of this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 3697 was passed by the House on May 8,   2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 121, Nays 22, 2 present, not   voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.   No. 3697 on May 30, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 106, Nays 30,   2 present, not voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House               I certify that H.B. No. 3697 was passed by the Senate, with   amendments, on May 28, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays   1.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate      APPROVED: __________________                   Date                       __________________                 Governor