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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the instructions for an application form for an early voting ballot."
+description: "Relating to the instructions for an application form for an early voting ballot."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "HB 2259"
+citation: "Texas HB 2259 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections--Early Voting (I0260)", "Elections--General (I0310)", "SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Cortez", "DeAyala", "Zaffirini"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 49
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-30"
+last_action: "2025-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9a492d2a-32a2-402c-8a6f-1b134c020eb4"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02200_HB02299/HB 2259.xml"
+source_hash: "b3a74f2a85a278fc3d4b791bb90e7619e0f680f0a4264b871e0c8e248de02295"
+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 2259 (89R) — Relating to the instructions for an application form for an early voting ballot.
+
+## 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/HB02259I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02259E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02259H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02259S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB02259F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **131–1** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **138–5** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Cortez — primary (person)
+- DeAyala — primary (person)
+- Zaffirini — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-30** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-03-14** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-03** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-03** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2025-04-03** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-04-09** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-09** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-04-14** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-04-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2025-04-28** Considered in Calendars
+- **2025-04-30** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2025-04-30** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-30** Passed to engrossment
+- **2025-04-30** Record vote
+- **2025-04-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-01** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-01** Record vote
+- **2025-05-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-01** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-05-05** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2025-05-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-05-05** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2025-05-08** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-05-08** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-05-13** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-05-13** Vote taken in committee
+- **2025-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2025-05-25** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-05-25** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2025-05-25** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-25** Three day rule suspended
+- **2025-05-25** Record vote
+- **2025-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-25** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-25** Record vote
+- **2025-05-25** Senate passage reported `passage`
+- **2025-05-26** 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/9a492d2a-32a2-402c-8a6f-1b134c020eb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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