By: Smith H.B. No. 4782       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to electioneering conducted near a polling place.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 61, Election Code, is   amended to read as follows:          Sec. 61.003.  ELECTIONEERING AND LOITERING NEAR POLLING   PLACE. (a)  A person commits an offense if, during the voting   period and within 100 feet of an outside door through which a voter   may enter the building in which a polling place is located, the   person:                (1)  loiters; or                (2)  electioneers for or against any candidate,   measure, or political party. ; or                (3)  conducts exit polling.          (a-1)  The entity that owns or controls a public building   being used as a polling place may not, at any time during the voting   period, prohibit electioneering on the building's premises outside   of the area described in Subsection (a), but may enact reasonable   regulations concerning the time, place, and manner of   electioneering.          (b)  In this section:                (1)  "Electioneering" includes the posting, use, or   distribution of political signs or literature.  The term does not   include the distribution of a notice of a party convention   authorized under Section 172.1114.                (2)  "Conducts exit polling" means any person or   persons seeking to communicate with voters exiting the voting   site.                (2) (3)  "Voting period" means the period beginning   when the polls open for voting and ending when the polls close or   the last voter has voted, whichever is later.          (c)  An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.