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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to accommodating voters with a disability; creating a criminal offense."
+description: "Relating to accommodating voters with a disability; creating a criminal offense."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "HB 521"
+citation: "Texas HB 521 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "Elections--Administration (I0277)", "Elections--Early Voting (I0260)", "Elections--Election Officers (I0305)", "SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)", "SIGNS (S0235)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Paxton"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 71
+vote_count: 13
+first_action: "2024-11-12"
+last_action: "2025-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d562a574-86f5-4eb3-9ed4-f74e68f4b0cb"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00500_HB00599/HB 521.xml"
+source_hash: "d3ca98d89e0eefe6dc8e2ad499ac01a88467fdb7dbef28e4ce8e986e1f11ea5e"
+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 521 (89R) — Relating to accommodating voters with a disability; creating a criminal offense.
+
+## 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/HB00521I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00521E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00521H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00521S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB00521F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **89–44** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **89–44** (pass) · upper
+- other — **13–18** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **85–53** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **84–54** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper
+- other — **13–18** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Guillen — primary (person)
+- Paxton — primary (person)
+- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-11-12** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-03-03** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-03-20** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2025-03-20** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2025-03-20** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-04-03** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-03** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2025-04-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-07** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-04-07** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-04-08** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2025-04-30** Considered in Calendars
+- **2025-05-08** Considered in Calendars
+- **2025-05-10** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2025-05-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-12** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-12** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-12** Record vote
+- **2025-05-12** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-13** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-13** Record vote
+- **2025-05-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-13** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-05-14** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2025-05-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-05-19** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **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
+- **2025-05-23** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-23** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2025-05-26** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2025-05-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2025-05-27** Record vote
+- **2025-05-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-27** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-05-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-27** Record vote
+- **2025-05-27** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-05-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-27** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-27** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-05-27** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
+- **2025-05-27** Record vote
+- **2025-05-27** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-27** Record vote
+- **2025-05-27** Remarks ordered printed
+- **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 as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-28** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2025-05-28** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2025-05-29** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
+- **2025-05-29** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2025-05-29** Record vote
+- **2025-05-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-29** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2025-05-29** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2025-05-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-05-31** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2025-06-01** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-06-01** 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/d562a574-86f5-4eb3-9ed4-f74e68f4b0cb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+