---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to training for county election officers."
description: "Relating to training for county election officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 231"
citation: "Texas SB 231 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government--Employees/Officers (I0095)", "Elections--Administration (I0277)", "Elections--Election Officers (I0305)", "SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)", "STAFF DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING (S0317)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cain", "Seliger"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-12-04"
last_action: "2021-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d5a156a-30a9-4166-bd72-fb9a884d790c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00200_SB00299/SB 231.xml"
source_hash: "9f49050ccb5f46e7f814d90039cd0285303bbb736d2dcf3abaef775ec6a55eaa"
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 231 (87) — Relating to training for county election officers.

## 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/SB00231I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00231E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00231H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00231S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00231F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **141–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cain — primary (person)
- Seliger — primary (person)
- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-12-04** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2020-12-04** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-08** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-08** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-03-08** Left pending in committee
- **2021-03-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-03-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-03-23** Co-author authorized
- **2021-03-23** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-03-24** Co-author authorized
- **2021-03-29** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-08** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-09** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-09** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-09** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-09** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-09** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-09** Record vote
- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Record vote
- **2021-04-09** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-14** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-27** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-01** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-03** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-19** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-20** Record vote
- **2021-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-20** House passage reported
- **2021-05-20** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-22** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-07** 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/9d5a156a-30a9-4166-bd72-fb9a884d790c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).