---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to certain oversight procedures of the state over county elections."
description: "Relating to certain oversight procedures of the state over county elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1933"
citation: "Texas SB 1933 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALAN VERA ELECTION ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2023 (PM2FQ)", "AUDITS & AUDITORS (S4334)", "County Government--Finance (I0097)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Elections--General (I0310)", "Elections--Voting Systems (I0270)", "SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Oliverson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 88
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-03-08"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c8d02768-2e37-4c16-a867-c8e6ed59d455"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01900_SB01999/SB 1933.xml"
source_hash: "b05cf6a5dd2d7c860de43454f80839636a53ced8eb9e6e3ac998397091be4cab"
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 1933 (88) — Relating to certain oversight procedures of the state over county 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/SB01933I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01933E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01933H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01933S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01933F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **84–58** (pass) · upper
- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
- passage — **81–59** (pass) · lower
- passage — **18–12** (pass) · upper
- passage — **82–63** (pass) · lower
- passage — **84–58** (pass) · lower
- passage — **18–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Oliverson — primary (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-08** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-08** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-20** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-30** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-03-30** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-03** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-12** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-12** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-13** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-13** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-04-13** Record vote
- **2023-04-13** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-13** Record vote
- **2023-04-13** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-04-13** Record vote
- **2023-04-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-13** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-13** Record vote
- **2023-04-13** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-17** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-05** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-05** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-05-05** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-16** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-18** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-22** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-22** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-22** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-22** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-22** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-22** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-22** Record vote
- **2023-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-23** Record vote
- **2023-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-23** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Record vote
- **2023-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-23** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-25** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2023-05-25** Read
- **2023-05-25** Senate refuses to concur
- **2023-05-25** Senate requests conference committee
- **2023-05-25** Senate appoints conferees
- **2023-05-25** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2023-05-25** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2023-05-25** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2023-05-26** House grants request for conference committee
- **2023-05-26** House appoints conferees
- **2023-05-26** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2023-05-26** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2023-05-27** Conference committee report filed `filing`
- **2023-05-27** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **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** 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** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2023-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-18** 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/c8d02768-2e37-4c16-a867-c8e6ed59d455`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).