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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to election supplies and the conduct of elections; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties."
+description: "Relating to election supplies and the conduct of elections; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "HB 1661"
+citation: "Texas HB 1661 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Elections--Administration (I0277)", "Elections--Registration & Suffrage (I0265)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Cain", "Schofield", "Swanson", "Vasut", "Wilson"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 53
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2024-12-18"
+last_action: "2025-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6e05a64-59a2-442f-b041-f185dcd73d36"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01600_HB01699/HB 1661.xml"
+source_hash: "bf0256b9617f2d2a5585999f3fd299bda4c2b78c4f71c6d4744935b59867405b"
+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 1661 (89R) — Relating to election supplies and the conduct of elections; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.
+
+## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB01661I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01661E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01661H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01661S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01661F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **85–49** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **94–54** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **22–9** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **98–42** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **25–6** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bettencourt — primary (person)
+- Cain — primary (person)
+- Schofield — primary (person)
+- Swanson — primary (person)
+- Vasut — primary (person)
+- Wilson — primary (person)
+- Alders — cosponsor (person)
+- Harris — cosponsor (person)
+- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
+- Hickland — cosponsor (person)
+- Hopper — cosponsor (person)
+- Kerwin — cosponsor (person)
+- King — cosponsor (person)
+- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
+- Leo Wilson — cosponsor (person)
+- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
+- Money — cosponsor (person)
+- Shofner — cosponsor (person)
+- Virdell — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-12-18** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-03-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-03-12** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-27** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-03-27** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2025-03-27** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-04-03** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-03** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-04-16** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-04-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2025-05-02** Considered in Calendars
+- **2025-05-06** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2025-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-07** Record vote
+- **2025-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-07** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-07** Record vote
+- **2025-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-08** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-08** Record vote
+- **2025-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-08** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-05-08** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2025-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-05-13** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2025-05-19** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-05-19** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-05-22** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-05-22** Vote taken in committee
+- **2025-05-23** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-23** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2025-05-26** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2025-05-26** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2025-05-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2025-05-26** Record vote
+- **2025-05-26** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-26** Record vote
+- **2025-05-26** Three day rule suspended
+- **2025-05-26** Record vote
+- **2025-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-26** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-26** Record vote
+- **2025-05-26** Senate passage reported `passage`
+- **2025-05-27** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2025-05-27** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6e05a64-59a2-442f-b041-f185dcd73d36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+