89R6269 LRM-F     By: Anchía H.B. No. 2714       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the issuance and acceptance of a high school student   identification card and certain other forms of identification as   identification for voting.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 25, Education Code, is   amended by adding Section 25.903 to read as follows:          Sec. 25.903.  STUDENT IDENTIFICATION CARDS. A school   district or open-enrollment charter school shall issue to each high   school student enrolled in the district or school a student   identification card that includes the student's:                (1)  name;                (2)  photograph; and                (3)  date of birth.          SECTION 2.  Section 63.0101(a), Election Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (a)  The following documentation is an acceptable form of   photo identification under this chapter:                (1)  a driver's license, election identification   certificate, or personal identification card issued to the person   by the Department of Public Safety that has not expired or that   expired no earlier than four years before the date of presentation;                (2)  a United States military identification card that   contains the person's photograph that has not expired or that   expired no earlier than four years before the date of presentation;                (3)  a United States citizenship certificate issued to   the person that contains the person's photograph;                (4)  a United States passport book or card issued to the   person that has not expired or that expired no earlier than four   years before the date of presentation; [or]                (5)  a license to carry a handgun issued to the person   by the Department of Public Safety that has not expired or that   expired no earlier than four years before the date of presentation;                (6)  a student identification card issued to the person   by a public or private high school or institution of higher   education that contains the person's photograph and date of birth;   or                (7)  any other identification card, form, or   certificate containing the person's photograph and date of birth   issued by this state, an agency or political subdivision of this   state, or the United States.          SECTION 3.  Section 25.903, Education Code, as added by this   Act, applies beginning with the 2025-2026 school year.          SECTION 4.  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, 2025.