---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to authorizing certain municipalities to change the date on which their general election for officers is held."
description: "Relating to authorizing certain municipalities to change the date on which their general election for officers is held."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 447"
citation: "Texas SB 447 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BORDER (S0045)", "City Government--Employees/Officers (I0061)", "Elections--General (I0310)", "MISSION", "CITY OF (GY7DN)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hinojosa, Juan \"Chuy\"", "Morales, Eddie"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 72
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-11-21"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ef727c86-88e9-40ef-aa14-c5385ce9eab6"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00400_SB00499/SB 447.xml"
source_hash: "d5343915251d5fdc6615b19eb1442213cdadae076019272bfd7bb22b06865b27"
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 447 (89R) — Relating to authorizing certain municipalities to change the date on which their general election for officers is held.

## 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/SB00447I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00447E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00447H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00447S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00447F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **129–1** (pass) · lower
- passage — **138–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **129–1** (pass) · upper
- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy" — primary (person)
- Morales, Eddie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-21** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2024-11-21** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-10** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-13** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-03-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-10** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-17** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-05-15** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-16** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-20** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-20** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-21** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-22** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-24** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-27** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-27** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-27** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-29** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-29** Read
- **2025-05-29** Senate refuses to concur
- **2025-05-29** Senate requests conference committee
- **2025-05-29** Senate appoints conferees
- **2025-05-29** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2025-05-29** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2025-05-29** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-30** House grants request for conference committee
- **2025-05-30** House appoints conferees
- **2025-05-30** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2025-05-30** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-30** Conference committee report filed `filing`
- **2025-05-30** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2025-05-31** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-31** Record vote
- **2025-05-31** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-31** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **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** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Signed in the House `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/ef727c86-88e9-40ef-aa14-c5385ce9eab6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).