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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
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