---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a county, city, or independent school district posting election notices and results on an Internet website."
description: "Relating to a county, city, or independent school district posting election notices and results on an Internet website."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 1116"
citation: "Texas SB 1116 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections--General (I0310)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "INTERNET (S0130)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Birdwell", "Bucy", "Creighton", "Hall", "Kolkhorst", "Schwertner"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 54
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-05"
last_action: "2021-06-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7cfd4735-02d2-4075-854f-34f92dc83675"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01100_SB01199/SB 1116.xml"
source_hash: "e9c19a348e7b79545d18bcb4994a337bc3c9f01192577ec81d2327bb315103d2"
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 1116 (87) — Relating to a county, city, or independent school district posting election notices and results on an Internet website.

## 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/SB01116I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01116E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01116H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01116S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01116F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Birdwell — primary (person)
- Bucy — primary (person)
- Creighton — primary (person)
- Hall — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Schwertner — primary (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** No action taken in committee
- **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** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-03-29** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-06** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-06** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-07** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-08** Co-author authorized
- **2021-04-13** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-04-13** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-04-13** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-13** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-13** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-13** Record vote
- **2021-04-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-13** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-13** Record vote
- **2021-04-13** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-16** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-07** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-05-07** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-14** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-17** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-17** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-20** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2021-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2021-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-23** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-23** Record vote
- **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/7cfd4735-02d2-4075-854f-34f92dc83675`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).