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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to a study by the secretary of state on the feasibility of central counting stations complying with federal standards for facilities that contain sensitive information."
+description: "Relating to a study by the secretary of state on the feasibility of central counting stations complying with federal standards for facilities that contain sensitive information."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "HB 1848"
+citation: "Texas HB 1848 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections--Administration (I0277)", "Elections--General (I0310)", "Interim Studies (I0448)", "SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["DeAyala", "Hall"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 50
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2023-02-03"
+last_action: "2023-06-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54f8fca0-79c6-4ce0-809f-b94538a656d3"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01800_HB01899/HB 1848.xml"
+source_hash: "91be5f136e261f5efc6c730265ebacd5899cf0e60f2628a8a9e7f33a8d5b2100"
+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 1848 (88) — Relating to a study by the secretary of state on the feasibility of central counting stations complying with federal standards for facilities that contain sensitive information.
+
+## 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/HB01848I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01848E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01848H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01848S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01848F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **84–55** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **91–50** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- DeAyala — primary (person)
+- Hall — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-03** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-07** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-23** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-03-23** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2023-03-23** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-04-04** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-04** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-04-18** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-04-19** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2023-05-05** Considered in Calendars
+- **2023-05-08** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2023-05-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-08** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-08** Record vote
+- **2023-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-09** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-09** Record vote
+- **2023-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-09** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-05-10** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2023-05-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-05-11** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-05-18** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-18** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2023-05-18** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2023-05-22** Record vote
+- **2023-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-22** Record vote
+- **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 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-24** Record vote
+- **2023-05-24** Senate passage reported `passage`
+- **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/54f8fca0-79c6-4ce0-809f-b94538a656d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+