---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a study by the secretary of state on the feasibility of central counting stations complying with federal standards for facilities that contain sensitive information."
description: "Relating to a study by the secretary of state on the feasibility of central counting stations complying with federal standards for facilities that contain sensitive information."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 1848"
citation: "Texas HB 1848 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections--Administration (I0277)", "Elections--General (I0310)", "Interim Studies (I0448)", "SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeAyala", "Hall"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-02-03"
last_action: "2023-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/54f8fca0-79c6-4ce0-809f-b94538a656d3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01800_HB01899/HB 1848.xml"
source_hash: "91be5f136e261f5efc6c730265ebacd5899cf0e60f2628a8a9e7f33a8d5b2100"
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 1848 (88) — Relating to a study by the secretary of state on the feasibility of central counting stations complying with federal standards for facilities that contain sensitive information.

## 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/HB01848I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01848E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01848H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01848S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01848F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
- passage — **84–55** (pass) · lower
- passage — **91–50** (pass) · lower
- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- DeAyala — primary (person)
- Hall — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-03** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-07** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-23** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-23** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-04** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-18** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-19** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-08** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-08** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-08** Record vote
- **2023-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-09** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Record vote
- **2023-05-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-09** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-10** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-11** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-18** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-18** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-22** Record vote
- **2023-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-22** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-13** 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/54f8fca0-79c6-4ce0-809f-b94538a656d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).