---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the audit of an election using an electronic voting system."
description: "Relating to the audit of an election using an electronic voting system."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 827"
citation: "Texas SB 827 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AUDITS & AUDITORS (S4334)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Elections--Election Officers (I0305)", "Elections--General (I0310)", "Elections--Voting Systems (I0270)", "SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["DeAyala", "Parker"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 55
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-16"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b89658fe-d2d5-4a1f-9f03-d532655ccd87"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00800_SB00899/SB 827.xml"
source_hash: "e689ac035ca8567fbff28bf6675d92f5da201b6fbbcd7e8cfda6889affd20ff6"
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 827 (89R) — Relating to the audit of an election using an electronic voting system.

## 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/SB00827I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00827E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00827H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00827S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00827F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **137–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **130–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- DeAyala — primary (person)
- Parker — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-16** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-16** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-13** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-20** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-20** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-24** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-03-26** 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`
- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-22** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-08** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-05-08** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-09** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-09** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-19** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-19** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-22** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-23** Record vote
- **2025-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-24** Postponed
- **2025-05-24** Laid out as postponed business
- **2025-05-24** Postponed
- **2025-05-24** Laid out as postponed business
- **2025-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-24** Record vote
- **2025-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-25** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-27** 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/b89658fe-d2d5-4a1f-9f03-d532655ccd87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).