---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the required disclosure of entities with an ownership interest in a vendor of voting system equipment."
description: "Relating to the required disclosure of entities with an ownership interest in a vendor of voting system equipment."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 1397"
citation: "Texas HB 1397 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections--Voting Systems (I0270)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "White"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 47
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-27"
last_action: "2021-06-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14dc9eda-d498-455b-932c-00ddedfc7592"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01300_HB01399/HB 1397.xml"
source_hash: "1275974ee3a6b77c0561ab07b4e8ad361b167598576d86fc5f5df67f6deb4950"
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 1397 (87) — Relating to the required disclosure of entities with an ownership interest in a vendor of voting 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/87R/billtext/html/HB01397I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01397E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01397H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01397S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01397F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hughes — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-27** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-05** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-18** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-03-18** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-21** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-21** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-27** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-27** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-28** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-30** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-04** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-04** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-04** Record vote
- **2021-05-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-05** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-05** Record vote
- **2021-05-05** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-05** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-05** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-06** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-10** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2021-05-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-19** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-19** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-19** Record vote
- **2021-05-19** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-20** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-23** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-24** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-04** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14dc9eda-d498-455b-932c-00ddedfc7592`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).