85R330 GRM-D     By: Dutton H.B. No. 190       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to qualifications and registration of certain voters on   parole or mandatory supervision.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 11.002(a), Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (a)  In this code, "qualified voter" means a person who:                (1)  is 18 years of age or older;                (2)  is a United States citizen;                (3)  has not 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)  has not been finally convicted of a felony or, if   so convicted, has:                      (A)  completed [fully discharged the person's   sentence, including] any term of incarceration[, parole,] or   community supervision, or completed a period of probation ordered   by any court;                      (B)  been released on parole or mandatory   supervision; or                      (C) [(B)]  been pardoned or otherwise released   from the resulting disability to vote;                (5)  is a resident of this state; and                (6)  is a registered voter.          SECTION 2.  Section 13.001(a), Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (a)  To be eligible for registration as a voter in this   state, a person must:                (1)  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)  completed [fully discharged the person's   sentence, including] any term of incarceration[, parole,] or   community supervision, or completed a period of probation ordered   by any court;                      (B)  been released on parole or mandatory   supervision; or                      (C) [(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.          SECTION 3.  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, 2017.