---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the requirements to access the online tracker of an application for a ballot to be voted by mail and to the date of runoff elections."
description: "Relating to the requirements to access the online tracker of an application for a ballot to be voted by mail and to the date of runoff elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 357"
citation: "Texas HB 357 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections--Administration (I0277)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bucy", "Capriglione", "Garcia", "Hughes", "Smith"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 72
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2022-11-14"
last_action: "2023-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6215ca51-aa70-4acd-b3d3-a16824632591"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00300_HB00399/HB 357.xml"
source_hash: "66d66de6e650b715be6d3a36f33cf8e24ea0c5af1d3263054d61840695ddc475"
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 357 (88) — Relating to the requirements to access the online tracker of an application for a ballot to be voted by mail and to the date of runoff elections.

## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB00357I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00357E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00357H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00357S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00357F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **140–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bucy — primary (person)
- Capriglione — primary (person)
- Garcia — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-11-14** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-16** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-16** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-27** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-03-27** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-11** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-26** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-26** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-26** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-27** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-01** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-02** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-11** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-11** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-11** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-12** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-16** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-16** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-21** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-21** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-21** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-21** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-21** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-21** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-22** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2023-05-22** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2023-05-25** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- **2023-05-25** House requests conference committee
- **2023-05-25** House appoints conferees
- **2023-05-25** House refuses to concur-reported
- **2023-05-25** House requests conference committee-reported
- **2023-05-25** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2023-05-26** Senate grants request for conference comm.
- **2023-05-26** Senate appoints conferees
- **2023-05-26** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2023-05-26** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2023-05-27** Conference committee report filed `filing`
- **2023-05-27** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2023-05-28** House adopts resolution to go outside bounds
- **2023-05-28** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-28** Record vote
- **2023-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-28** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts resolution to go outside bounds
- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-28** Record vote
- **2023-05-28** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2023-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-13** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6215ca51-aa70-4acd-b3d3-a16824632591`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).