---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the authority of an independent school district to change the date of the general election for officers."
description: "Relating to the authority of an independent school district to change the date of the general election for officers."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 3546"
citation: "Texas HB 3546 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education--School Districts (I0220)", "Elections--General (I0310)", "Elections--School District (I0283)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Anchía", "Hughes", "Martinez"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-28"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa626460-8d6f-4c00-98ca-85de8237f2d4"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03500_HB03599/HB 3546.xml"
source_hash: "30e8237d70315d60aebcd73a647f950d8da966f27d413eaad914842bdd7f41cd"
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 3546 (89R) — Relating to the authority of an independent school district to change the date of the general election for officers.

## 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/HB03546I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03546E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03546H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03546S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03546F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **142–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Anchía — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Martinez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-28** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-24** Referred to Public Education `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-08** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-08** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-22** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-22** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-29** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-29** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-30** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-02** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-05** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-06** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-05-06** Record vote
- **2025-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-07** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-07** Record vote
- **2025-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-07** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-07** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-08** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **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** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-28** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-28** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-28** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-29** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-30** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa626460-8d6f-4c00-98ca-85de8237f2d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).