---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the failure of a voter registrar to comply with voter registration laws."
description: "Relating to the failure of a voter registrar to comply with voter registration laws."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 510"
citation: "Texas SB 510 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections--Administration (I0277)", "Elections--Election Officers (I0305)", "Elections--Registration & Suffrage (I0265)", "SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)", "State Finances--Management & Control (I0748)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Creighton", "Kolkhorst", "Middleton", "Parker", "Paxton", "Perry", "Shaheen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 57
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-11-25"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d241cd2f-585c-43c3-a9f0-a6c95a6db848"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00500_SB00599/SB 510.xml"
source_hash: "bc7b2ecc1e4692150d3ff192f14fd62edd1ed7a20afadc2f8e1c95d315e47c80"
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 510 (89R) — Relating to the failure of a voter registrar to comply with voter registration laws.

## 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/SB00510I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00510E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00510H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00510S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00510F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **109–33** (pass) · lower
- passage — **113–21** (pass) · lower
- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
- passage — **20–10** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Creighton — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Middleton — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Perry — primary (person)
- Shaheen — primary (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa, Adam — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-11-25** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2024-11-25** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-03** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Co-author authorized
- **2025-03-27** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-27** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-27** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-03** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-07** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-07** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-07** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-08** Co-author authorized
- **2025-05-09** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-12** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-12** Record vote
- **2025-05-12** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-05-12** Record vote
- **2025-05-13** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-05-13** Record vote
- **2025-05-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-13** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-13** Record vote
- **2025-05-13** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-13** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-14** Referred to Elections `referral-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
- **2025-05-23** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-25** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-27** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-30** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-30** Read
- **2025-05-30** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2025-05-30** Record vote
- **2025-05-31** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-31** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-01** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-01** 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/d241cd2f-585c-43c3-a9f0-a6c95a6db848`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).