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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to requiring the Department of Public Safety to share data for the purpose of maintaining the statewide voter registration list."
+description: "Relating to requiring the Department of Public Safety to share data for the purpose of maintaining the statewide voter registration list."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "SB 1470"
+citation: "Texas SB 1470 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections--Administration (I0277)", "Elections--Registration & Suffrage (I0265)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "IDENTIFICATION CARDS (S0074)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)", "SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Shaheen"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 52
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2025-02-20"
+last_action: "2025-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/353fb9dd-45ee-463d-bb24-6ec6755aefab"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01400_SB01499/SB 1470.xml"
+source_hash: "ebc31e55f88cd6143d03d08ab5d81fbfa59afb7c827a8f57e9e807da2ff0eb80"
+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 SB 1470 (89R) — Relating to requiring the Department of Public Safety to share data for the purpose of maintaining the statewide voter registration list.
+
+## 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/SB01470I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01470E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01470H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01470S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01470F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **20–10** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **118–19** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **108–28** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **21–9** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+- Shaheen — primary (person)
+- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
+- Parker — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-20** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2025-02-20** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-03-06** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2025-03-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-03-20** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2025-03-20** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-03-24** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-03-24** Vote taken in committee
+- **2025-03-26** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-03-26** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2025-04-07** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2025-04-09** Co-author authorized
+- **2025-04-09** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2025-04-09** Record vote
+- **2025-04-09** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-09** Record vote
+- **2025-04-10** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2025-04-10** Record vote
+- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-10** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-10** Record vote
+- **2025-04-10** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-04-22** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-30** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-30** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2025-04-30** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-05-01** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2025-05-01** 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
+- **2025-05-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2025-05-19** Considered in Calendars
+- **2025-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2025-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2025-05-22** Record vote
+- **2025-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-23** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-23** Record vote
+- **2025-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-23** House passage reported `passage`
+- **2025-05-23** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-05-26** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2025-05-27** 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/353fb9dd-45ee-463d-bb24-6ec6755aefab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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