89R335 MLH-F     By: Eckhardt S.B. No. 630       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to allowing a person who will be 18 years of age on the date   of the general election for state and county officers to vote in the   preceding primary elections.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 13.001, Election Code, is amended by   amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsections (d) and (e)   to read as follows:          (a)  To be eligible for registration as a voter in this   state, a person must:                (1)  except as provided by Subsection (d), be 18 years   of age or older;                (2)  be a United States citizen;                (3)  not have been determined by a final judgment of a   court exercising probate jurisdiction to be:                      (A)  totally mentally incapacitated; or                      (B)  partially mentally incapacitated without the   right to vote;                (4)  not have been finally convicted of a felony or, if   so convicted, must have:                      (A)  fully discharged the person's sentence,   including any term of incarceration, parole, or supervision, or   completed a period of probation ordered by any court; or                      (B)  been pardoned or otherwise released from the   resulting disability to vote; and                (5)  be a resident of the county in which application   for registration is made.          (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (d), to [To] be   eligible to apply for registration, a person must, on the date the   registration application is submitted to the registrar, be at least   17 years and 10 months of age and satisfy the requirements of   Subsection (a) except for age.          (d)  A person who will be 18 years of age or older on the date   of the next general election for state and county officers is   eligible to register as a voter in this state for the purposes of   voting in the primary election to determine a political party's   nominees for the general election if the person satisfies the   requirements of Subsection (a) except for age. The secretary of   state shall prescribe procedures necessary to implement this   subsection.          (e)  The voter registrar may send a written notice to each   person who registers to vote under Subsection (d) stating that the   person is only eligible to vote in a primary election or runoff   primary election and that the person is not eligible to vote in any   other election until the person is 18 years of age. The notice may   list the elections in which the person is not eligible to vote.          SECTION 2.   Subchapter A, Chapter 172, Election Code, is   amended by adding Section 172.005 to read as follows:          Sec. 172.005.  VOTING BY PERSON UNDER AGE 18.  (a)   Notwithstanding Section 11.001, a person may vote in a primary   election if the person:                (1)  will be 18 years of age or older on the date of the   subsequent general election for state and county officers; and                (2)  satisfies the requirements for being a qualified   voter except for age.          (b)  The secretary of state, after consulting with the state   chairman of each political party required to make nominations by   primary election, shall prescribe the procedures necessary to   implement this section.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect on the date on which the   constitutional amendment proposed by the 89th Legislature, Regular   Session, 2025, authorizing a person who will be 18 years of age or   older on the date of the general election for state and county   officers to vote in the preceding primary election takes effect.  If   that amendment is not approved by the voters, this Act has no   effect.