TITLE: Relating to voting by mail due to childbirth or expected childbirth.

SUMMARY: Relating to voting by mail due to childbirth or expected childbirth.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to voting by mail due to childbirth or expected childbirth. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. The heading to Section 82.002, Election Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 82.002. DISABILITY OR OTHER PHYSICAL CONDITION.SECTION 2. Section 82.002(b), Election Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) A voter giving birth or expecting to give birth within nine months of [Expected or likely confinement for childbirth on] election day is sufficient cause to entitle the [a] voter to vote under Subsection (a). SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.