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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to training for county election officers."
+description: "Relating to training for county election officers."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 231"
+citation: "Texas SB 231 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["County Government--Employees/Officers (I0095)", "Elections--Administration (I0277)", "Elections--Election Officers (I0305)", "SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)", "STAFF DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING (S0317)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cain", "Seliger"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 50
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2020-12-04"
+last_action: "2021-06-07"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d5a156a-30a9-4166-bd72-fb9a884d790c"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 231.xml"
+source_hash: "9f49050ccb5f46e7f814d90039cd0285303bbb736d2dcf3abaef775ec6a55eaa"
+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 SB 231 (87) — Relating to training for county election officers.
+
+## 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/SB00231I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00231E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00231H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00231S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00231F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **141–4** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cain — primary (person)
+- Seliger — primary (person)
+- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
+- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
+- Hall — cosponsor (person)
+- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
+- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-12-04** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2020-12-04** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-03** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-03-08** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-08** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-03-08** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-03-15** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-03-17** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-03-23** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-03-23** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-03-24** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-03-29** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-04-08** Co-author authorized
+- **2021-04-09** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-04-09** Laid before the Senate
+- **2021-04-09** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2021-04-09** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-09** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-04-09** Record vote
+- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-09** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-09** Record vote
+- **2021-04-09** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-14** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-27** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2021-04-27** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2021-04-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-01** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-03** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-17** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-19** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-20** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-20** Record vote
+- **2021-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-20** House passage reported
+- **2021-05-20** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-22** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-24** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-07** 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/9d5a156a-30a9-4166-bd72-fb9a884d790c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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