HB 2714 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to the issuance and acceptance of a high school student identification card and certain other forms of identification as identification for voting.

HB 2714 requires Texas public and private high schools to issue student ID cards containing a student's name, photograph, and date of birth. It amends Texas election law to accept these school-issued IDs as valid photo identification for voting, alongside existing forms like driver's licenses and passports. The bill directly affects high school students (who receive the ID cards) and election officials (who must accept them). The key provision expands acceptable voting identification to include school IDs meeting specific criteria, effective for the 2025-2026 school year.
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Mar 2025
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Introduced Mar 18, 2025 Last action Mar 18, 2025
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Mar 18, 2025
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Mar 18, 2025
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Rafael Anchía
DDemocratic
TX
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