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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to an application to vote early by mail on the grounds of disability or confinement for childbirth."
+description: "Relating to an application to vote early by mail on the grounds of disability or confinement for childbirth."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 3920"
+citation: "Texas HB 3920 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections--Early Voting (I0260)", "Health--Other Diseases & Medical Conditions (I0383)", "PREGNANCY & CHILDBIRTH (S0294)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dean", "Hughes"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 62
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2021-03-11"
+last_action: "2021-06-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90b1136e-1808-40ca-bc32-f4b272a8c133"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03900_HB03999/HB 3920.xml"
+source_hash: "6b4bc1c3545c6936b538ec566219d3ce447294316726c162f0146e19f2c0d846"
+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 3920 (87) — Relating to an application to vote early by mail on the grounds of disability or confinement for childbirth.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03920I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03920E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03920H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03920S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03920F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **18–13** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **99–44** (pass) · lower
+- other — **14–16** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **17–13** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **17–13** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dean — primary (person)
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+- Hall — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-03-11** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-24** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-15** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-15** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-04-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-04-15** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-04-21** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-21** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-04-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-04-29** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-04-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-05** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-07** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-10** Postponed
+- **2021-05-10** Laid out as postponed business
+- **2021-05-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2021-05-10** Postponed
+- **2021-05-13** Laid out as postponed business
+- **2021-05-13** Point of order overruled
+- **2021-05-13** Passed to engrossment as amended
+- **2021-05-13** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-14** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-14** Record vote
+- **2021-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-14** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-05-17** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-05-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-05-17** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-20** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-05-20** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-05-21** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-21** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-21** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-22** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2021-05-24** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-05-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-24** Record vote
+- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-24** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2021-05-24** Amendment fails of adoption
+- **2021-05-24** Record vote
+- **2021-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-24** Record vote
+- **2021-05-25** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-05-25** Record vote
+- **2021-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-25** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-25** Record vote
+- **2021-05-27** Senate passage reported
+- **2021-05-27** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-28** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-29** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-15** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/90b1136e-1808-40ca-bc32-f4b272a8c133`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+