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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas updates rules for voters with outdated addresses and changes registration update timelines
Last action · August 25, 2025: FiledSponsor: Mayes Middleton
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What This Bill Proposed
Texas alters the rules for accepting voters who have moved within the same county and changes when voter registration updates become effective after receiving change-of-address notices, effective immediately upon receiving a two-thirds vote or on the 91st day after the legislative session ends.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Voters with a residence address that is not current
Voters who have moved within the county must execute and submit a specific statement of residence to an election officer before being accepted for voting.
Election officers
Election officers must receive and process the required statement of residence from voters with non-current addresses before accepting them for voting.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Can I still vote if my home address on file is not current?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · passed the Senate · in the House.
Procedural history
2 actions- Aug 25, 2025SenateIntroducedFiled
- Aug 25, 2025SenateReceived by the Secretary of the Senate
Version history
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy40Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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