---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to a ballot scan system used in a central counting station."
description: "Relating to a ballot scan system used in a central counting station."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1661"
citation: "Texas SB 1661 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections--Voting Systems (I0270)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Smith"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-06"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bf76ccfc-12c7-41e3-b977-d26e13e03424"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01600_SB01699/SB 1661.xml"
source_hash: "3db425e376d547b861975f359a7f45400135d8d06059c0a7ed4a4ea1fde4d53b"
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 1661 (88) — Relating to a ballot scan system used in a central counting station.

## 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/SB01661I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01661E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01661H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01661S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01661F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hughes — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-06** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-06** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-27** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-03-27** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-30** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-20** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-20** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-21** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-27** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-27** Left pending in committee
- **2023-05-01** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-01** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-18** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-18** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-22** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Record vote
- **2023-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-23** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-24** Co-author authorized
- **2023-05-25** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-26** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-18** 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/bf76ccfc-12c7-41e3-b977-d26e13e03424`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).