Relating to requiring a voter to be affiliated with a political party to vote in that party's primary election; creating a criminal offense; authorizing a civil penalty.

HB 4059 requires Texas voters to declare their political party affiliation when registering to vote, adding it as a mandatory field in the registration application (amending Election Code §13.002(c)). This directly affects voters who wish to participate in a political party's primary election. The bill mandates that registration forms include a space for "political party affiliation, if any," and includes a perjury warning for false statements (amending §13.122(a)). It creates criminal penalties for providing false affiliation information and authorizes civil penalties, though specific penalty details aren't provided in the excerpt.