SB1862 - Relating to interstate notification by the voter registrar of certain applicants for voter registration.

      S.B. No. 1862         AN ACT   relating to interstate notification by the voter registrar of   certain applicants for voter registration.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 13.002(c), Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (c)  A registration application must include:                (1)  the applicant's first name, middle name, if any,   last name, and former name, if any;                (2)  the month, day, and year of the applicant's birth;                (3)  a statement that the applicant is a United States   citizen;                (4)  a statement that the applicant is a resident of the   county;                (5)  a statement that the applicant has not been   determined by a final judgment of a court exercising probate   jurisdiction to be:                      (A)  totally mentally incapacitated; or                      (B)  partially mentally incapacitated without the   right to vote;                (6)  a statement that the applicant has not been   finally convicted of a felony or that the applicant is a felon   eligible for registration under Section 13.001;                (7)  the applicant's residence address or, if the   residence has no address, the address at which the applicant   receives mail and a concise description of the location of the   applicant's residence;                (8)  the following information:                      (A)  the applicant's Texas driver's license number   or the number of a personal identification card issued by the   Department of Public Safety;                      (B)  if the applicant has not been issued a number   described by Paragraph (A), the last four digits of the applicant's   social security number; or                      (C)  a statement by the applicant that the   applicant has not been issued a number described by Paragraph (A) or   (B);                (9)  if the application is made by an agent, a statement   of the agent's relationship to the applicant; and                (10)  the address, including the city and county , where   [ in which ] the applicant formerly resided.          SECTION 2.  Section 13.072, Election Code, is amended by   adding Subsections (e), (f), and (g) to read as follows:           (e)     If a voter registration application indicates the   applicant's previous residence was outside of this state, the voter   registrar shall document the applicant's full legal name, date of   birth, current address of residence, and previous address of   residence.           (f)     The voter registrar shall compile the data described by   Subsection (e) and, at least once a month, submit the data to the   secretary of state. The transmitted data must include the   following for each voter:                 (1)  full legal name;                 (2)  date of birth;                 (3)  social security number, if provided;                 (4)  driver's license number, if provided;                 (5)  voter unique identifier number;                 (6)  current address of residence; and                 (7)  previous address of residence.           (g)     On a monthly basis, the secretary of state shall, with   the data submitted under Subsection (f), notify the voter registrar   with jurisdiction over the previous residence of a voter described   by Subsection (e) that the voter may be removed from that   jurisdiction's voter registration list.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.               ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1862 passed the Senate on   April 24, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that   the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 28, 2025, by the   following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1862 passed the House, with   amendment, on May 24, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 133,   Nays 0, three present not voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________              Governor