SB1070 - Relating to the date on which a voter registration application becomes effective.

  89R5121 LRM-D     By: Eckhardt S.B. No. 1070       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the date on which a voter registration application   becomes effective.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 13.042(c), Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (c)  An application submitted after the 19th [ 34th ] day   before the date of an election and on or before the last day for a   person to timely submit a registration application for that   election as provided by Section 13.143 shall be delivered not later   than 5 p.m. of the next regular business day after the date to   timely submit a registration application for that election as   provided by Section 13.143.          SECTION 2.  Section 13.143(a), Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (a)  Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (e), if an   applicant's registration application is approved, the registration   becomes effective on the 15th [ 30th ] day after the date the   application is submitted to the registrar or on the date the   applicant becomes 18 years of age, whichever is later.          SECTION 3.  Section 13.144(a), Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (a)  Not later than the 15th [ 30th ] day after the date the   registrar receives the application, the registrar shall deliver the   original of an initial certificate:                (1)  in person to the applicant or the applicant's agent   appointed under Section 13.003; or                (2)  by mail to the applicant.          SECTION 4.  Sections 15.025(a) and (d), Election Code, are   amended to read as follows:          (a)  Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (d), the   registration of a voter described by this subsection whose   information is changed on the registration records becomes   effective as to the change on the 15th [ 30th ] day after:                (1)  the date the voter submits to the registrar a   notice of a change in registration information under Section 15.021   or a response under Section 15.053, indicating the change; or                (2)  the date the voter submits a statement of   residence to an election officer under Section 63.0011 or a   registration application or change of address to an agency employee   under Chapter 20, indicating the change.          (d)  If the 15th [ 30th ] day before the date of an election is   a Saturday, Sunday, or legal state or national holiday, the   document is considered to be timely if it is submitted to the   registrar on or before the next regular business day.          SECTION 5.  Section 16.0921(c), Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (c)  The registrar may not deliver a confirmation notice   resulting from a sworn statement filed after the 75th day before the   date of the general election for state and county officers until   after the date of that election.  This subsection does not apply to   a person who submits a registration application after the 75th day   and prior to the 15th [ 30th ] day before the general election for   state and county officers.          SECTION 6.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   a voter registration application submitted on or after the   effective date of this Act. A voter registration application   submitted before the effective date of this Act is governed by the   law in effect when the application was submitted, and the former law   is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 7.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.