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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to certain oversight procedures of the state over county elections."
+description: "Relating to certain oversight procedures of the state over county elections."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "SB 1933"
+citation: "Texas SB 1933 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ALAN VERA ELECTION ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2023 (PM2FQ)", "AUDITS & AUDITORS (S4334)", "County Government--Finance (I0097)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Elections--General (I0310)", "Elections--Voting Systems (I0270)", "SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Oliverson"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 88
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2023-03-08"
+last_action: "2023-06-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8d02768-2e37-4c16-a867-c8e6ed59d455"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01900_SB01999/SB 1933.xml"
+source_hash: "b05cf6a5dd2d7c860de43454f80839636a53ced8eb9e6e3ac998397091be4cab"
+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 1933 (88) — Relating to certain oversight procedures of the state over county elections.
+
+## 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/SB01933I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01933E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01933H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01933S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01933F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **84–58** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **81–59** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **18–12** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **82–63** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **84–58** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **18–12** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bettencourt — primary (person)
+- Oliverson — primary (person)
+- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
+- Hall — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-08** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2023-03-08** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-20** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2023-03-30** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-03-30** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-03-30** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2023-03-30** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-04-03** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-03** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-04-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-04-06** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-04-12** Co-author authorized
+- **2023-04-12** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-04-13** Co-author authorized
+- **2023-04-13** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2023-04-13** Record vote
+- **2023-04-13** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-13** Record vote
+- **2023-04-13** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2023-04-13** Record vote
+- **2023-04-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-04-13** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-04-13** Record vote
+- **2023-04-13** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2023-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-04-17** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-05** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2023-05-05** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2023-05-05** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-05-16** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-05-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2023-05-18** Considered in Calendars
+- **2023-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2023-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-22** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
+- **2023-05-22** Record vote
+- **2023-05-22** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
+- **2023-05-22** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
+- **2023-05-22** Record vote
+- **2023-05-22** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
+- **2023-05-22** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
+- **2023-05-22** Record vote
+- **2023-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-22** Record vote
+- **2023-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-23** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
+- **2023-05-23** Record vote
+- **2023-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **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 as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-25** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2023-05-25** Read
+- **2023-05-25** Senate refuses to concur
+- **2023-05-25** Senate requests conference committee
+- **2023-05-25** Senate appoints conferees
+- **2023-05-25** Senate refuses to concur-reported
+- **2023-05-25** Senate requests conference committee-reported
+- **2023-05-25** Senate appoints conferees-reported
+- **2023-05-26** House grants request for conference committee
+- **2023-05-26** House appoints conferees
+- **2023-05-26** House grants request for conf comm-reported
+- **2023-05-26** House 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** 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** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2023-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-29** 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/c8d02768-2e37-4c16-a867-c8e6ed59d455`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+