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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the penalty for the offense of illegal voting; increasing a criminal penalty."
+description: "Relating to the penalty for the offense of illegal voting; increasing a criminal penalty."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "HB 1243"
+citation: "Texas HB 1243 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Elections--General (I0310)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Goldman", "Hefner", "Hughes", "Leach", "Murr", "Spiller"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 80
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2023-01-10"
+last_action: "2023-06-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b9caab4e-a6d4-4a02-b4fe-8c410516fcf6"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01200_HB01299/HB 1243.xml"
+source_hash: "9e462410364cd9e3323e6c9cd3a0f2bf728a39b1eaeefd272e1e12f5b3e0773b"
+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 1243 (88) — Relating to the penalty for the offense of illegal voting; increasing a criminal penalty.
+
+## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB01243I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01243E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01243H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01243S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01243F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **86–56** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **88–60** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **86–56** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **19–11** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **83–63** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Goldman — primary (person)
+- Hefner — primary (person)
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+- Leach — primary (person)
+- Murr — primary (person)
+- Spiller — primary (person)
+- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
+- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
+- Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
+- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
+- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
+- Cook — cosponsor (person)
+- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
+- Darby — cosponsor (person)
+- Dean — cosponsor (person)
+- Dorazio — cosponsor (person)
+- Harris, Caroline — cosponsor (person)
+- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
+- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
+- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
+- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
+- Leo-Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
+- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
+- Noble — cosponsor (person)
+- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
+- Parker — cosponsor (person)
+- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Paul — cosponsor (person)
+- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
+- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
+- Thimesch — cosponsor (person)
+- Toth — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-10** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-03** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-13** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-13** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2023-04-13** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-04-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-20** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-04-25** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2023-04-25** Considered in Calendars
+- **2023-04-27** Placed on Major State Calendar
+- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-27** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
+- **2023-04-27** Record vote
+- **2023-04-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-27** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
+- **2023-04-27** Record vote
+- **2023-04-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-27** Passed to engrossment
+- **2023-04-27** Record vote
+- **2023-04-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-28** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-28** Record vote
+- **2023-04-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-28** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-05-01** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2023-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-05-01** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-05-15** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-15** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2023-05-15** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-05-21** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-21** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-05-22** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-22** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-05-23** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2023-05-23** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-05-24** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2023-05-24** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-05-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2023-05-24** Record vote
+- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-24** Record vote
+- **2023-05-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2023-05-24** Record vote
+- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-24** Record vote
+- **2023-05-25** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-25** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2023-05-25** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2023-05-26** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
+- **2023-05-26** House requests conference committee
+- **2023-05-26** House appoints conferees
+- **2023-05-26** House refuses to concur-reported
+- **2023-05-26** House requests conference committee-reported
+- **2023-05-26** House appoints conferees-reported
+- **2023-05-26** Senate grants request for conference comm.
+- **2023-05-26** Senate appoints conferees
+- **2023-05-26** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
+- **2023-05-26** Senate appoints conferees-reported
+- **2023-05-27** Conference committee report filed `filing`
+- **2023-05-27** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
+- **2023-05-28** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-28** Record vote
+- **2023-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-28** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-28** Record vote
+- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2023-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-13** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b9caab4e-a6d4-4a02-b4fe-8c410516fcf6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+