CS/CS/SB 1334: Elections

GENERAL BILL by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, Ethics and Elections, Grall

Elections; Defining the term “document acceptable as evidence of United States citizenship”; revising the information the uniform statewide voter registration application is designed to elicit from an applicant to include a certain acknowledgment; requiring that an agreement between the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles and the Department of State match information regarding the legal status as a United States citizen of applicants applying to vote; requiring supervisors to verify the current eligibility of certain applicants within a specified timeframe by reviewing specified information provided by governmental entities to make a determination under specified conditions; prohibiting a person from qualifying for nomination as a candidate of a political party if the person has not been a registered member of such party for a specified timeframe; requiring that all voting be done by official ballot using certain pens, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 2/20/2026 04:34 PM

• Senate Committee References (2)

  1. Ethics and Elections (EE)
  2. Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development (ATD)

• Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 991 (e1) by Government Operations Subcommittee Election Integrity Last Action: 2/26/2026 S Received	Compare

• Citations - Statute (24)

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  97.021	Definitions.	Page 5 (pdf)
  97.052	Uniform statewide voter registration application.	Page 8 (pdf)
  97.0525	Online voter registration.	Page 8 (pdf)
  97.053	Acceptance of voter registration applications.	Page 10 (pdf)
  97.057	Voter registration by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.	Page 13 (pdf)
  98.015	Supervisor of elections; election, tenure of office, compensation, custody of registration-related documents, office hours, successor, seal; appointment of deputy supervisors; duties.	Page 14 (pdf)
  98.045	Administration of voter registration.	Page 14 (pdf)
  98.065	Registration list maintenance programs.	Page 37 (pdf)
  98.075	Registration records maintenance activities; ineligibility determinations.	Page 16 (pdf)
  98.093	Duty of officials to furnish information relating to deceased persons, persons adjudicated mentally incapacitated, persons convicted of a felony, and persons who are not United States citizens.	Page 21 (pdf)
  99.012	Restrictions on individuals qualifying for public office.	Page 24 (pdf)
  99.021	Form of candidate oath.	Page 25 (pdf)
  101.151	Specifications for ballots.	Page 26 (pdf)
  101.5606	Requirements for approval of systems.	Page 26 (pdf)
  101.56075	Voting methods.	Page 26 (pdf)
  101.5608	Voting by electronic or electromechanical method; procedures.	Page 27 (pdf)
  101.5612	Testing of tabulating equipment.	Page 28 (pdf)
  101.69	Voting in person; return of vote-by-mail ballot.	Page 37 (pdf)
  102.111	Elections Canvassing Commission.	Page 29 (pdf)
  102.141	County canvassing board; duties.	Page 29 (pdf)
  102.166	Manual recounts of overvotes and undervotes.	Page 34 (pdf)
  104.51		Page 35 (pdf)
  121.121	Authorized leaves of absence.	Page 36 (pdf)
  322.034		Page 35 (pdf)

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  1/7/2026	S	• Filed
  1/16/2026	S	• Referred to Ethics and Elections; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Rules
  1/22/2026	S	• Introduced
  1/30/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Ethics and Elections, 02/04/26, 10:30 am, 37 Senate Building
  2/4/2026	S	• CS by Ethics and Elections; YEAS 5 NAYS 2
  2/6/2026	S	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) • Now in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
  2/10/2026	S	• CS by Ethics and Elections read 1st time
  2/13/2026	S	• On Committee agenda-- Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development, 02/18/26, 8:30 am, 110 Senate Building
  2/18/2026	S	• CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; YEAS 9 NAYS 5
  2/20/2026	S	• Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
  2/23/2026	S	• Original reference(s) removed: Rules • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
  2/24/2026	S	• CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development read 1st time