HBA-DMH H.C.R. 117 77(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.C.R. 117 By: Madden Elections 4/16/2001 Introduced BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Voter rolls have expanded greatly through the increased registration facilitated by the National Voter Registration Act of 1993. Also, voter rolls quickly become outdated because of the large number of voters moving, dying, or being incarcerated each year who are not immediately purged from the rolls. Under current law, voters are purged from the rolls only after remaining inactive for two federal election cycles. House Concurrent Resolution 117 urges the Congress of the United States to enact legislation amending the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to allow Texas to remove the names of inactive voters from voter registration rolls upon the completion of one federal election cycle. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this resolution does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS House Concurrent Resolution 117 urges the Congress of the United States to enact legislation amending the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 to allow Texas to remove the names of inactive voters from voter registration rolls upon the completion of one federal election cycle rather than after two federal election cycles.