---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the penalty for the crime of election fraud; increasing a criminal penalty."
description: "Relating to the penalty for the crime of election fraud; increasing a criminal penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 5115"
citation: "Texas HB 5115 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Elections--General (I0310)", "FRAUD (S0166)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fairly", "Hughes", "Leo Wilson", "McQueeney", "Patterson", "Shaheen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-03-13"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0d0fbfd4-a53d-479c-a947-72766e81755c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05100_HB05199/HB 5115.xml"
source_hash: "7db824fd6f79b90210e97c00c67be9e5c24c976b7d52359ad1c9c6a1495a3e8d"
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 5115 (89R) — Relating to the penalty for the crime of election fraud; increasing a criminal penalty.

## 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/HB05115I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05115E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05115H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05115S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB05115F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **89–49** (pass) · lower
- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper
- passage — **88–54** (pass) · lower
- passage — **21–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fairly — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Leo Wilson — primary (person)
- McQueeney — primary (person)
- Patterson — primary (person)
- Shaheen — primary (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Hagenbuch — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa, Adam — cosponsor (person)
- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
- King — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-13** Filed `filing`
- **2025-04-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-07** 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** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-05** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-08** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-10** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-14** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
- **2025-05-14** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
- **2025-05-14** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-05-14** Record vote
- **2025-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-15** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-15** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-15** Record vote
- **2025-05-15** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-15** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-15** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-21** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-21** Posting rule suspended
- **2025-05-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-22** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-22** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-25** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-25** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-26** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-26** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-26** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-28** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-28** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-30** 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/0d0fbfd4-a53d-479c-a947-72766e81755c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).