Relating to interstate notification by the voter registrar of certain applicants for voter registration, the official text

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.

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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.

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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.

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Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

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Date

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Governor