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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to security of election system equipment."
+description: "Relating to security of election system equipment."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "SB 2216"
+citation: "Texas SB 2216 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (S0554)", "Elections--Administration (I0277)", "Elections--Election Officers (I0305)", "Elections--General (I0310)", "Elections--Voting Systems (I0270)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Pierson"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 50
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-03-11"
+last_action: "2025-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c036e57-eb62-43bd-9d63-f4c697bf8382"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02200_SB02299/SB 2216.xml"
+source_hash: "14ac333f0bad00b2d064b559d39afdc5bcb23ea19b63d930b8796df154e8abe3"
+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 2216 (89R) — Relating to security of election system equipment.
+
+## 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/SB02216I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02216E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02216H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02216S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02216F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **140–0** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **141–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+- Pierson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2025-03-11** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-03-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-03-25** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2025-04-07** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-07** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2025-04-07** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-04-10** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-10** Vote taken in committee
+- **2025-04-14** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-14** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-04-14** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2025-04-24** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-04-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-24** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-04-24** Three day rule suspended
+- **2025-04-24** Record vote
+- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-24** Record vote
+- **2025-04-24** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-04-25** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2025-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-04-28** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-08** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-05-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2025-05-08** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-05-09** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2025-05-09** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-05-19** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-05-19** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2025-05-20** Considered in Calendars
+- **2025-05-22** 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** 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/3c036e57-eb62-43bd-9d63-f4c697bf8382`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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