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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to eligibility to serve as an interpreter in an election."
+description: "Relating to eligibility to serve as an interpreter in an election."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "SB 331"
+citation: "Texas SB 331 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections--Administration (I0277)", "Elections--Election Officers (I0305)", "OATHS (S0005)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Button", "Cain", "González, Jessica", "Hinojosa", "Johnson", "Shaheen"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 55
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-01-13"
+last_action: "2021-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88362578-161b-48fb-ba39-ab01ad3d5996"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00300_SB00399/SB 331.xml"
+source_hash: "bb55c253f4e42abc1a480de56e06b7efe00dddc482997d3f98caa32bc1a40cb9"
+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 331 (87) — Relating to eligibility to serve as an interpreter in an election.
+
+## 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/SB00331I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00331E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00331H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00331S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00331F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **134–10** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Button — primary (person)
+- Cain — primary (person)
+- González, Jessica — primary (person)
+- Hinojosa — primary (person)
+- Johnson — primary (person)
+- Shaheen — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-13** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2021-01-13** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-09** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-26** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-03-26** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-26** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2021-03-29** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-29** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-03-29** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-03-31** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2021-04-07** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2021-04-07** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2021-04-07** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-04-07** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-04-07** Record vote
+- **2021-04-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-07** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-07** Record vote
+- **2021-04-07** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-08** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2021-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-12** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2021-04-29** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-04-29** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-04-29** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-04-29** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-05-12** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-12** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-05-12** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-05-17** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-05-18** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-05-20** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-05-23** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-25** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2021-05-25** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2021-05-25** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-25** Record vote
+- **2021-05-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-25** House passage as amended reported
+- **2021-05-28** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2021-05-28** Read
+- **2021-05-28** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2021-05-28** Record vote
+- **2021-05-28** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2021-05-29** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-30** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
+- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-14** Effective immediately `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88362578-161b-48fb-ba39-ab01ad3d5996`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+