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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the penalty for the crime of election fraud; increasing a criminal penalty."
+description: "Relating to the penalty for the crime of election fraud; increasing a criminal penalty."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "HB 5115"
+citation: "Texas HB 5115 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Elections--General (I0310)", "FRAUD (S0166)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Fairly", "Hughes", "Leo Wilson", "McQueeney", "Patterson", "Shaheen"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 53
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2025-03-13"
+last_action: "2025-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d0fbfd4-a53d-479c-a947-72766e81755c"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05100_HB05199/HB 5115.xml"
+source_hash: "7db824fd6f79b90210e97c00c67be9e5c24c976b7d52359ad1c9c6a1495a3e8d"
+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 5115 (89R) — Relating to the penalty for the crime of election fraud; increasing a criminal penalty.
+
+## 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/HB05115I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05115E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05115H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05115S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05115F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **89–49** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **88–54** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Fairly — primary (person)
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+- Leo Wilson — primary (person)
+- McQueeney — primary (person)
+- Patterson — primary (person)
+- Shaheen — primary (person)
+- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
+- Hagenbuch — cosponsor (person)
+- Hinojosa, Adam — cosponsor (person)
+- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
+- King — cosponsor (person)
+- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
+- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
+- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
+- Parker — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-13** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-04-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-04-07** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-17** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-17** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2025-04-17** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-04-28** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2025-04-28** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-05-05** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-05-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2025-05-08** Considered in Calendars
+- **2025-05-10** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2025-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-14** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
+- **2025-05-14** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
+- **2025-05-14** Passed to engrossment
+- **2025-05-14** Record vote
+- **2025-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-15** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-15** Record vote
+- **2025-05-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-15** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-05-15** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2025-05-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-05-21** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-21** Posting rule suspended
+- **2025-05-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2025-05-22** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-05-22** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2025-05-22** Vote taken in committee
+- **2025-05-25** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-25** 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
+- **2025-05-28** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2025-05-28** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2025-05-28** Record vote
+- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-28** Record vote
+- **2025-05-28** Senate passage reported `passage`
+- **2025-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-05-28** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2025-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-05-30** 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/0d0fbfd4-a53d-479c-a947-72766e81755c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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