---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the omission of a deceased candidate from the ballot in certain elections."
description: "Relating to the omission of a deceased candidate from the ballot in certain elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1067"
citation: "Texas HB 1067 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections--Administration (I0277)", "Elections--Candidates (I0280)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ashby", "Schwertner"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 50
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-24"
last_action: "2019-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2449d4eb-1dcf-42f7-a7f0-2070391936f1"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01000_HB01099/HB 1067.xml"
source_hash: "01eb929325ed2640b2193547465c54487f71627c51fd451ace4d28f75528acd0"
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 1067 (86) — Relating to the omission of a deceased candidate from the ballot in certain elections.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB01067I.HTM)

## Votes

- other — **104–2** (fail) · upper
- passage — **141–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ashby — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-01-24** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-26** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-04** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-04** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-18** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-21** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-03-27** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-01** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-01** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-01** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-02** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-02** Record vote
- **2019-04-02** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-03** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-04** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-29** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-01** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-01** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-01** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-06** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-08** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-08** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-08** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-08** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-08** Record vote
- **2019-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-08** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-08** Record vote
- **2019-05-08** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-08** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-08** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-10** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-10** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-13** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-13** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-24** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2449d4eb-1dcf-42f7-a7f0-2070391936f1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).