89R1509 LRM-D
	By: Bucy	H.B. No. 332

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 63.0101(a), Election Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(a)  The following documentation is an acceptable form of
	photo identification under this chapter:
	(1)  a driver's license, election identification
	certificate, or personal identification card issued to the voter
	[person] by the Department of Public Safety that has not expired or
	that expired no earlier than four years before the date of
	presentation;
	(2)  a United States military identification card that
	contains the voter's [person's] photograph that has not expired or
	that expired no earlier than four years before the date of
	presentation;
	(3)  a United States citizenship certificate issued to
	the voter [person] that contains the voter's [person's] photograph;
	(4)  a United States passport book or card issued to the
	voter [person] that has not expired or that expired no earlier than
	four years before the date of presentation; [or]
	(5)  a license to carry a handgun issued to the voter
	[person] by the Department of Public Safety that has not expired or
	that expired no earlier than four years before the date of
	presentation;
	(6)  an official Native American identification card or
	tribal document that:
	(A)  contains the voter's photograph and address;
	and
	(B)  is issued by a tribal organization or by a
	tribe that is federally recognized and located in this state;
	(7)  an identification card issued by a public or
	private institution of higher education located in this state that
	contains the voter's photograph; or
	(8)  an identification card issued by a state agency of
	this state that contains the voter's photograph.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.