---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to election supplies and the conduct of elections; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties."
description: "Relating to election supplies and the conduct of elections; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 1661"
citation: "Texas HB 1661 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Elections--Administration (I0277)", "Elections--Registration & Suffrage (I0265)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Cain", "Schofield", "Swanson", "Vasut", "Wilson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-12-18"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6e05a64-59a2-442f-b041-f185dcd73d36"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01600_HB01699/HB 1661.xml"
source_hash: "bf0256b9617f2d2a5585999f3fd299bda4c2b78c4f71c6d4744935b59867405b"
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 1661 (89R) — Relating to election supplies and the conduct of elections; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB01661I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01661E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01661H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01661S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01661F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **85–49** (pass) · lower
- passage — **94–54** (pass) · lower
- passage — **22–9** (pass) · upper
- passage — **98–42** (pass) · lower
- passage — **25–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Cain — primary (person)
- Schofield — primary (person)
- Swanson — primary (person)
- Vasut — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)
- Alders — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Hickland — cosponsor (person)
- Hopper — cosponsor (person)
- Kerwin — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Leo Wilson — cosponsor (person)
- Lowe — cosponsor (person)
- Money — cosponsor (person)
- Shofner — cosponsor (person)
- Virdell — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-18** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-12** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-27** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-03-27** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-03** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-16** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-02** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-06** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-07** Record vote
- **2025-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-07** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-07** Record vote
- **2025-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Record vote
- **2025-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-08** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-08** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-13** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-19** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-19** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-22** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-23** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-26** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-26** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f6e05a64-59a2-442f-b041-f185dcd73d36`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).