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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to an opportunity to correct certain defects in an early voting ballot voted by mail."
+description: "Relating to an opportunity to correct certain defects in an early voting ballot voted by mail."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "SB 2964"
+citation: "Texas SB 2964 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Common Carriers (I0070)", "EMAIL & ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS (S0321)", "Elections--Administration (I0277)", "Elections--Early Voting (I0260)", "Elections--Election Officers (I0305)", "Elections--General (I0310)", "POSTAL SERVICE", "U.S. (V0612)", "SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bucy", "Hughes"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 46
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2025-03-14"
+last_action: "2025-05-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/90f4ca36-a68f-4ca1-afb3-f56baf31991b"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02900_SB02999/SB 2964.xml"
+source_hash: "7f13508cd6bd0a6b644e3e64d33f134b954c4fd5f5b40d2d0e3e27c3669786c4"
+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 2964 (89R) — Relating to an opportunity to correct certain defects in an early voting ballot voted by mail.
+
+## 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/SB02964I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02964E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02964H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02964S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02964F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **111–24** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bucy — primary (person)
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-14** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2025-03-14** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-04-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-04-07** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2025-04-10** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-10** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-04-14** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-14** Vote taken in committee
+- **2025-04-15** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-04-15** 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`
+- **2025-04-30** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-30** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-05-01** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-05-02** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2025-05-02** Rules suspended
+- **2025-05-02** Additional sponsor(s) authorized
+- **2025-05-02** Laid out in lieu of companion
+- **2025-05-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-02** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2025-05-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-05** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-05** Record vote
+- **2025-05-05** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-06** House passage reported `passage`
+- **2025-05-06** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-05-07** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-05-07** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2025-05-07** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-19** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-19** 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/90f4ca36-a68f-4ca1-afb3-f56baf31991b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+