H.B. 479: Election Code Modifications

About this bill

Did not pass both chambers; the bill was filed on March 6, 2026. This bill amends provisions relating to elections.

• Defines terms
• Modifies voter registration forms and other forms to allow a voter to request, for future elections, whether the voter will receive a ballot by mail and whether the voter desires to return a ballot by mail
• Requires a voter to make a request described in the preceding paragraph at least every eight years
• Provides that, beginning in 2029, a voter: will not receive a ballot by mail unless the voter makes a timely request to receive a ballot by mail; and subject to certain exceptions, will not be permitted to return a ballot by mail unless the voter makes a timely request to return a ballot by mail
• Provides that a voter may return a ballot to a ballot drop box only when the ballot drop box is attended by at least two poll workers
• Establishes requirements regarding the required number of drop boxes and the days and hours during which voters may return ballots to drop boxes

Full bill page: steps, fiscal note and sponsors · Chief sponsor Jefferson S. Burton