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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the authority of an independent school district to change the date of the general election for officers."
+description: "Relating to the authority of an independent school district to change the date of the general election for officers."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "HB 3546"
+citation: "Texas HB 3546 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Education--School Districts (I0220)", "Elections--General (I0310)", "Elections--School District (I0283)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Anchía", "Hughes", "Martinez"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 49
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-02-28"
+last_action: "2025-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa626460-8d6f-4c00-98ca-85de8237f2d4"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03500_HB03599/HB 3546.xml"
+source_hash: "30e8237d70315d60aebcd73a647f950d8da966f27d413eaad914842bdd7f41cd"
+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 3546 (89R) — Relating to the authority of an independent school district to change the date of the general election for officers.
+
+## 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/HB03546I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03546E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03546H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03546S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03546F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Anchía — primary (person)
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+- Martinez — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-28** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-03-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-03-24** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-08** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-08** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2025-04-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2025-04-08** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-04-22** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-22** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2025-04-22** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-04-29** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-04-30** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2025-05-02** Considered in Calendars
+- **2025-05-05** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2025-05-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-06** Passed to engrossment
+- **2025-05-06** Record vote
+- **2025-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-07** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-07** Record vote
+- **2025-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-07** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-05-07** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2025-05-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-05-08** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **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** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-05-23** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2025-05-28** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-05-28** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-28** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-28** Three day rule suspended
+- **2025-05-28** Record vote
+- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-28** Record vote
+- **2025-05-29** Senate passage reported `passage`
+- **2025-05-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-05-30** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-06-20** Effective immediately `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa626460-8d6f-4c00-98ca-85de8237f2d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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