BILL ANALYSIS
| Senate Research Center | S.B. 1862 |
| 89R13118 LRM-D | By: Hughes |
| | State Affairs |
| | 4/4/2025 |
| | As Filed |
AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT
When someone moves to Texas and applies for a driver's license, he can be registered to vote. But the state that the new Texan left might not get any notice to remove the voter from their rolls. S.B. 1862 requires the new voter to provide their previous address to the voter registrar so that the previous jurisdiction can be notified. It then makes sure that enough information is transmitted to the former jurisdiction to ensure that the voter can be removed from the prior voter roll.
This will not affect Texans at all. But since a large number of people move to Texas every year, this bill will help other states keep their voter rolls clean. Hopefully, other states will follow suit and share this information directly between each state's voter registration authorities.
The bill amends Section 13.002(c) of the Election Code to require the applicant's entire former address on the voter registration application.
Additionally, the bill amends Section 13.072 by adding subsections (e) and (f). Subsection (e) mandates that if an applicant indicates a previous residence outside Texas, the voter registrar must notify the registrar of that jurisdiction about the potential removal of the applicant from their voter list, providing the applicant's full name, date of birth, and current and previous addresses. Subsection (f) requires the voter registrar to submit a monthly report to the Texas Secretary of State with information about each applicant about whom a notification was sent, including their full name, date of birth, Social Security number (if provided), driver's license number (if provided), voter unique identifier number, and current and previous addresses.
As proposed, S.B. 1862 amends current law relating to interstate notification by the voter registrar of certain applicants for voter registration.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.
SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS
SECTION 1. Amends Section 13.002(c), Election Code, to require that a voter registration application include certain information, including the address, including the city and county, where the applicant formerly resided, and to make a nonsubstantive change.
SECTION 2. Amends Section 13.072, Election Code, by adding Subsections (e) and (f), as follows:
(e)� Requires the voter registrar, if a voter registration application indicates the applicant's previous residence was outside of this state, to notify the voter registrar with jurisdiction over the previous residence that the applicant may be removed from that jurisdiction's voter registration list. Requires that the notification include the applicant's full legal name, date of birth, current address of residence, and previous address of residence.
(f)� Requires a voter registrar to provide a monthly report to the secretary of state listing all notifications sent under Subsection (e). Requires that the report include certain information for each applicant for whom a notification was sent.
SECTION 3.� Effective date: September 1, 2025.
