---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the use of a wireless communication device at a polling place."
description: "Relating to the use of a wireless communication device at a polling place."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 3909"
citation: "Texas HB 3909 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (S0554)", "EMAIL & ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS (S0321)", "Elections--Administration (I0277)", "Elections--General (I0310)", "SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alders", "Dyson", "Hickland", "Simmons", "Zaffirini", "Zwiener"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 72
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-03-06"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b38f681-73b4-4ee9-8020-b1e2a2f70bd1"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03900_HB03999/HB 3909.xml"
source_hash: "996c51661ac3f409831eda01229298673496a44e224fba9e17d52cf89efbafa3"
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 3909 (89R) — Relating to the use of a wireless communication device at a polling place.

## 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/HB03909I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03909E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03909H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03909S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03909F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **27–4** (pass) · upper
- passage — **137–6** (pass) · lower
- passage — **138–8** (pass) · lower
- passage — **127–9** (pass) · lower
- passage — **127–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Alders — primary (person)
- Dyson — primary (person)
- Hickland — primary (person)
- Simmons — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
- Zwiener — primary (person)
- Davis, Aicha — cosponsor (person)
- Leo Wilson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-06** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-27** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-17** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-17** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-28** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-28** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-28** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-30** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-01** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-05** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-07** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-07** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-05-07** Record vote
- **2025-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Record vote
- **2025-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-08** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-09** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-12** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-15** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-15** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-22** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-25** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-25** 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 as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-29** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2025-05-29** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2025-05-30** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- **2025-05-30** House requests conference committee
- **2025-05-30** House appoints conferees
- **2025-05-30** House refuses to concur-reported
- **2025-05-30** House requests conference committee-reported
- **2025-05-30** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-30** Senate grants request for conference comm.
- **2025-05-30** Senate appoints conferees
- **2025-05-30** Conference committee report filed `filing`
- **2025-05-31** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2025-05-31** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-31** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2025-05-31** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-31** Record vote
- **2025-05-31** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-06-01** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-01** Record vote
- **2025-06-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-06-01** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-06-01** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-02** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b38f681-73b4-4ee9-8020-b1e2a2f70bd1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).