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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to an election ballot."
+description: "Relating to an election ballot."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 88"
+citation: "Texas HB 88 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections--Administration (I0277)", "Elections--Candidates (I0280)", "Elections--Primaries (I0285)", "Elections--Voting Systems (I0270)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Fallon", "Swanson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 51
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2018-11-12"
+last_action: "2019-06-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2e1fc068-27d2-46d4-ae79-58d4c84a3c21"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 88.xml"
+source_hash: "81348e6a7293bd965a08c44c851f4e1d1c5a999f5f89770c63bcac67aaf6416e"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
+---
+
+# Texas HB 88 (86) — Relating to an election ballot.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB00088I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **124–18** (pass) · lower
+- other — **124–18** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Fallon — primary (person)
+- Swanson — primary (person)
+- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
+- Cain — cosponsor (person)
+- Lang — cosponsor (person)
+- Zedler — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-12** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-04** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-04** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-03-04** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-03-18** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-18** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-03-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-03-21** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-03-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-03-27** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-01** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-04-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-01** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-02** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-02** Record vote
+- **2019-04-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-02** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-03** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-04-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-04** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-09** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-05-13** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-13** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-13** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-14** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-05-15** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-15** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-15** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-15** Record vote
+- **2019-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-15** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-15** Record vote
+- **2019-05-15** Senate passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-15** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2019-05-15** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2019-05-22** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-22** Record vote
+- **2019-05-22** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-22** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2019-05-22** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-23** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-24** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-10** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2e1fc068-27d2-46d4-ae79-58d4c84a3c21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+