---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a registrar's failure to approve, change, or cancel voter registrations under applicable law."
description: "Relating to a registrar's failure to approve, change, or cancel voter registrations under applicable law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 1113"
citation: "Texas SB 1113 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections--Administration (I0277)", "Elections--Registration & Suffrage (I0265)", "SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Cain", "Creighton", "Hall", "Kolkhorst", "Schwertner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 62
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-05"
last_action: "2021-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6f6a934f-3f8a-4568-bb40-0422a0d2a177"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01100_SB01199/SB 1113.xml"
source_hash: "d4dda43ccb2d2e38dcc28a2a2fe45bdff1598ff80955b2bf77eace28cd1b3eec"
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 1113 (87) — Relating to a registrar's failure to approve, change, or cancel voter registrations under applicable law.

## 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/87R/billtext/html/SB01113I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01113E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01113H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01113S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01113F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **97–46** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Cain — primary (person)
- Creighton — primary (person)
- Hall — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (person)
- Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-05** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-22** Tagged
- **2021-03-26** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-26** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-03-29** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-29** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-06** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-06** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-08** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-08** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-08** Record vote
- **2021-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-08** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2021-04-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-08** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-08** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2021-04-08** Record vote
- **2021-04-08** Remarks ordered printed
- **2021-04-12** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-12** Record vote
- **2021-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-12** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-12** Record vote
- **2021-04-12** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-13** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-14** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-27** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-27** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-17** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-18** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-23** Amendment fails of adoption
- **2021-05-23** Record vote
- **2021-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-23** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-23** Point of order withdrawn
- **2021-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-24** House passage as amended reported
- **2021-05-27** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2021-05-27** Read
- **2021-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2021-05-27** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2021-05-27** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-29** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-29** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-08** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-08** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6f6a934f-3f8a-4568-bb40-0422a0d2a177`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).