---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to authorizing certain cities to change the date on which their general election for officers is held."
description: "Relating to authorizing certain cities to change the date on which their general election for officers is held."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 2258"
citation: "Texas SB 2258 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--General (I0060)", "Elections--Administration (I0277)", "Elections--General (I0310)", "FORT STOCKTON", "CITY OF (GW2EE)", "Political Subdivisions (I0588)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "Murr"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-10"
last_action: "2023-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f94f9d14-dc89-49b2-ab4d-d1bf759a5f01"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02200_SB02299/SB 2258.xml"
source_hash: "c78be3966e876a2874770da2034a4afbac0a862acd8c6fad62ea05986bf1f079"
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 2258 (88) — Relating to authorizing certain cities to change the date on which their general election for officers is held.

## 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/SB02258I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02258E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02258H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02258S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02258F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **129–11** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blanco — primary (person)
- Murr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-22** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-11** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-11** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-13** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-18** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-18** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-18** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-27** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-27** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-27** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-27** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-27** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-27** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-27** Record vote
- **2023-04-27** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-27** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-04** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-10** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-11** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-12** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-12** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2023-05-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-12** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-12** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-12** Record vote
- **2023-05-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-15** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-15** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-16** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-16** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-16** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-27** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-27** 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/f94f9d14-dc89-49b2-ab4d-d1bf759a5f01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).