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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to a ballot scan system used in a central counting station."
+description: "Relating to a ballot scan system used in a central counting station."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "SB 1661"
+citation: "Texas SB 1661 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections--Voting Systems (I0270)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Smith"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 51
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-03-06"
+last_action: "2023-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf76ccfc-12c7-41e3-b977-d26e13e03424"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01600_SB01699/SB 1661.xml"
+source_hash: "3db425e376d547b861975f359a7f45400135d8d06059c0a7ed4a4ea1fde4d53b"
+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 1661 (88) — Relating to a ballot scan system used in a central counting station.
+
+## 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/SB01661I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01661E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01661H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01661S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01661F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+- Smith — primary (person)
+- Cain — cosponsor (person)
+- Hall — cosponsor (person)
+- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-06** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-03-06** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-16** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-03-27** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-03-27** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2023-03-27** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-03-30** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-03-30** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-04-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-04-06** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-04-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-04-20** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-04-20** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-20** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-04-20** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-04-20** Record vote
+- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-20** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-20** Record vote
+- **2023-04-20** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-04-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-04-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-04-21** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-27** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-27** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2023-04-27** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-05-01** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-05-01** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-05-18** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-05-18** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2023-05-20** Considered in Calendars
+- **2023-05-22** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2023-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2023-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-23** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-23** Record vote
+- **2023-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-23** House passage reported `passage`
+- **2023-05-23** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-24** Co-author authorized
+- **2023-05-25** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-26** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-18** 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/bf76ccfc-12c7-41e3-b977-d26e13e03424`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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