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      H.B. No. 3909         AN ACT   relating to the use of a wireless communication device at a polling   place.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 61.014, Election Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as   follows:          (a)   Except as permitted by Sections 61.012 and 61.013, a  [ A ]   person may not use a wireless communication device within a room in   which voting is taking place [ within 100 feet of a voting station ].           (e)     The secretary of state shall require a presiding judge   to post a notice that states the prohibition on the use of a   wireless communication device in a prominent and reasonably visible   location outside of a room in which voting is taking place.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 3909 was passed by the House on May 8,   2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 138, Nays 8, 2 present, not   voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to   H.B. No. 3909 on May 30, 2025, and requested the appointment of a   conference committee to consider the differences between the two   houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report   on H.B. No. 3909 on June 1, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 127,   Nays 9, 1 present, not voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House               I certify that H.B. No. 3909 was passed by the Senate, with   amendments, on May 28, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 27, Nays   4; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference   committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and   that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.   3909 on May 31, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 27, Nays 4.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate      APPROVED: __________________                   Date                       __________________                 Governor