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    SB0107 Bill Analysis

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    S.B. 1070 seeks to expand Texas' interstate voter registration crosscheck program to more efficiently and cost-effectively identify registered voters who may be ineligible, including those convicted of felonies or registered in multiple states. It would allow Texas to contract with a private data system to identify ineligible voters if it can demonstrate ability to work with voter systems and costs no more than $100,000 to begin and $1 per identified voter to continue operating. The bill aims to help maintain accurate voter rolls while complying with federal voter laws.

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    S.B. 1070 seeks to expand Texas' interstate voter registration crosscheck program to more efficiently and cost-effectively identify registered voters who may be ineligible, including those convicted of felonies or registered in multiple states. It would allow Texas to contract with a private data system to identify ineligible voters if it can demonstrate ability to work with voter systems and costs no more than $100,000 to begin and $1 per identified voter to continue operating. The bill aims to help maintain accurate voter rolls while complying with federal voter laws.

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    S.B. 1070 seeks to expand Texas' interstate voter registration crosscheck program to more efficiently and cost-effectively identify registered voters who may be ineligible, including those convicted of felonies or registered in multiple states. It would allow Texas to contract with a private data system to identify ineligible voters if it can demonstrate ability to work with voter systems and costs no more than $100,000 to begin and $1 per identified voter to continue operating. The bill aims to help maintain accurate voter rolls while complying with federal voter laws.

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    BILL ANALYSIS

    S.B. 1070
    By: Hughes
    Elections
    Committee Report (Unamended)

    BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE


    Current law requires Texas to work with other states to develop systems for comparing interstate
    voter information to make sure that voter rolls are being maintained and that voters who have
    registered to vote in another state are being removed. In complying with this requirement, Texas
    has for several years participated in the Electronic Registration Information Center, or ERIC.
    While a paper by Judicial Watch published in March 2023, discusses how ERIC bills itself as an
    efficient and cost-effective mechanism for states to maintain accurate voter rolls, a March 2023
    article in the Texas Tribune shows there’s a high cost associated with ERIC participation when
    the article says, “Texas currently pays about $115,000 for its yearly ERIC dues. It also budgets
    more than $1 million on mailing, postage and printing costs associated with inviting eligible
    voters to register, something required under the ERIC membership agreement.”

    S.B. 1070 seeks to ensure an efficient and cost-effective interstate voter registration crosscheck
    program by expanding the factors a publicly developed system can compare and providing that a
    private option the state uses must meet certain cost and functionality standards.

    CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT


    It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase
    the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility
    of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.

    RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
    It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking
    authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.

    ANALYSIS
    S.B. 1070 amends the Election Code to expand the scope of the interstate voter registration
    crosscheck program as follows:

    • includes as a required component the identification of voters who have been convicted of
    a felony or who are registered to vote in more than one state; and
    • gives the secretary of state the option to identify and contract with the provider of a
    private sector data system, as an alternative to developing systems with other states and
    jurisdictions for identifying voters with certain characteristics, to identify voters whose
    addresses have changed, who are registered to vote in more than one state, who are
    deceased, or who are not eligible to vote for another reason, including a felony
    conviction.

    S.B. 1070 does the following with respect to a private sector data system:

    • requires the system to have demonstrated an ability to work with registered voter
    identification and matching systems;
    • caps the cost to begin operations with the system at $100,000 and the cost of continuing
    operations at one dollar for each voter identified for the bill's purposes;
    • restricts the information that may be provided to the system by the secretary of state to
    information found in a voter roll that is necessary to identify voters for the bill's purposes;

    S.B. 1070 88(R) 1


    • requires the secretary of state to record information related to the system and to submit a
    report on that information to the legislature not later than the first day of each quarter of
    the state's fiscal year; and
    • prohibits a contract with a system from requiring any additional duty of the state not
    required by the bill's provisions.

    The bill requires any system to identify voters under the program to comply with the Help
    America Vote Act of 2002, in addition to the National Voter Registration Act of 1993.

    EFFECTIVE DATE
    September 1, 2023.

    S.B. 1070 88(R) 2

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