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H.B. No. 1661 AN ACT relating to election supplies and the conduct of elections; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 51.005, Election Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1) and (d) to read as follows: (a) The authority responsible for procuring the election supplies for an election shall provide for each election precinct a number of ballots equal to at least the percentage of voters who voted in that precinct in the most recent corresponding election plus 25 percent of that number. (a-1) The[, except that the] number of ballots provided may not exceed the total number of registered voters in the precinct unless the county participates in the countywide polling place program under Section 43.007. (d) The authority responsible for procuring the election supplies for an election commits an offense if the authority intentionally fails to provide an election precinct with the required number of ballots under this section. An offense under this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor. SECTION 2. Section 51.008, Election Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: (e) The authority responsible for procuring the election supplies for an election commits an offense if the authority intentionally fails to promptly supplement the distributed ballots upon request by a polling place. An offense under this subsection is a Class A misdemeanor. SECTION 3. Section 51.010(c), Election Code, is amended to read as follows: (c) An offense under this section is a Class A [C] misdemeanor. SECTION 4. Section 51.011(b), Election Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor [Class C misdemeanor]. SECTION 5. Section 61.007(b), Election Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony [Class A misdemeanor]. SECTION 6. The changes in law made by this Act to Sections 51.010, 51.011, and 61.007, Election Code, apply only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1661 was passed by the House on May 8, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 94, Nays 54, 2 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1661 was passed by the Senate on May 26, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 22, Nays 9. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor
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