---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to accommodating voters with a disability."
description: "Relating to accommodating voters with a disability."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 477"
citation: "Texas SB 477 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Disabilities", "Persons with (I0380)", "Elections--Administration (I0277)", "Elections--Early Voting (I0260)", "Elections--Registration & Suffrage (I0265)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bucy", "González, Jessica", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2023-01-17"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/519bf7cc-d8db-4856-b558-b17074c71883"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00400_SB00499/SB 477.xml"
source_hash: "05e228f0d06ce5b16529307d219d4c1934e21237528bd352a9480b0e51d94d60"
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 477 (88) — Relating to accommodating voters with a disability.

## 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/SB00477I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00477E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00477H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00477S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00477F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **29–2** (pass) · upper
- passage — **109–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bucy — primary (person)
- González, Jessica — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Morales, Christina — cosponsor (person)
- Plesa — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-17** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-17** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-27** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-03-27** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-30** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-05** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-05** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-12** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-12** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-12** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-12** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-12** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-12** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-12** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-14** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-04** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-05-04** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-08** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-08** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-05-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-11** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-12** 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** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **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 concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2023-05-25** Record vote
- **2023-05-25** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-28** 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 immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/519bf7cc-d8db-4856-b558-b17074c71883`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).