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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to certain election practices and procedures."
+description: "Relating to certain election practices and procedures."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "SB 2217"
+citation: "Texas SB 2217 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections--Administration (I0277)", "Elections--Election Officers (I0305)", "Elections--General (I0310)", "Elections--Voting Systems (I0270)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Shaheen"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 79
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2025-03-11"
+last_action: "2025-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb6805a1-90f9-466f-8275-60dd0ef3a65c"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02200_SB02299/SB 2217.xml"
+source_hash: "e5c04c0a97606b523bf131a16a4768d8f8b1383a0e35b382079a670641965818"
+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 2217 (89R) — Relating to certain election practices and procedures.
+
+## 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/SB02217I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02217E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02217H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02217S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02217F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **139–1** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **26–5** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **135–0** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **130–7** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **130–7** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+- Shaheen — primary (person)
+- Hall — cosponsor (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`
+- **2025-04-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2025-04-10** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-10** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2025-04-10** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-04-14** Co-author authorized
+- **2025-04-16** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-16** Vote taken in committee
+- **2025-04-22** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-04-22** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2025-05-01** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-05-01** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2025-05-01** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-01** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-01** Three day rule suspended
+- **2025-05-01** Record vote
+- **2025-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-01** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-01** Record vote
+- **2025-05-01** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-05-01** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2025-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-05-02** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-15** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-05-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2025-05-15** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-05-16** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2025-05-16** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-20** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-05-20** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-05-21** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2025-05-23** Considered in Calendars
+- **2025-05-25** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2025-05-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-27** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2025-05-27** Point of order withdrawn (amendment) `withdrawal`
+- **2025-05-27** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
+- **2025-05-27** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-27** Record vote
+- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-28** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-28** Record vote
+- **2025-05-28** Passed as amended `amendment-passage, passage`
+- **2025-05-28** Record vote
+- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-28** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-29** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2025-05-29** Read
+- **2025-05-29** Senate refuses to concur
+- **2025-05-29** Senate requests conference committee
+- **2025-05-29** Senate appoints conferees
+- **2025-05-29** Senate refuses to concur-reported
+- **2025-05-29** Senate requests conference committee-reported
+- **2025-05-29** Senate appoints conferees-reported
+- **2025-05-30** House grants request for conference committee
+- **2025-05-30** House appoints conferees
+- **2025-05-30** House grants request for conf comm-reported
+- **2025-05-30** House appoints conferees-reported
+- **2025-05-31** Conference committee report filed `filing`
+- **2025-05-31** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
+- **2025-06-01** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-01** Record vote
+- **2025-06-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-06-01** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-06-01** Record vote
+- **2025-06-01** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2025-06-01** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
+- **2025-06-01** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-06-02** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-06-02** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2025-06-03** 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/cb6805a1-90f9-466f-8275-60dd0ef3a65c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+