republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/851/sb-5.md

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Bill	Relating to the prevention of fraud in the conduct of an election; creating a criminal offense; increasing criminal penalties.	Relating to the prevention of fraud in the conduct of an election; creating a criminal offense; increasing criminal penalties.	us/states/tx	Texas Legislature	851	SB 5	Texas SB 5 (851)	bill	Elections--Administration (I0277) Elections--Early Voting (I0260) FRAUD (S0166)	enacted	Anderson, Rodney Bettencourt Bonnen, Dennis Buckingham Burkett Burton Estes Goldman Hancock Huffines Hughes Kolkhorst Laubenberg Nelson Seliger Taylor, Larry	5	115	0	2017-07-17	2017-08-11	openstates	ocd-bill/2e7e2ac0-ea8c-448f-89fd-f366116b321c	ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/851/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 5.xml	5751bc1bec9ace02d7f850682f16413cdc5b023f48b755053f7df27a531ab85b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tx

Texas SB 5 (851) — Relating to the prevention of fraud in the conduct of an election; creating a criminal offense; increasing criminal penalties.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. House Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
5. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Sponsors

• Anderson, Rodney — primary (person)
• Bettencourt — primary (person)
• Bonnen, Dennis — primary (person)
• Buckingham — primary (person)
• Burkett — primary (person)
• Burton — primary (person)
• Estes — primary (person)
• Goldman — primary (person)
• Hancock — primary (person)
• Huffines — primary (person)
• Hughes — primary (person)
• Kolkhorst — primary (person)
• Laubenberg — primary (person)
• Nelson — primary (person)
• Seliger — primary (person)
• Taylor, Larry — primary (person)
• Anderson, Charles "Doc" — cosponsor (person)
• Ashby — cosponsor (person)
• Bailes — cosponsor (person)
• Bell — cosponsor (person)
• Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
• Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
• Bohac — cosponsor (person)
• Bonnen, Greg — cosponsor (person)
• Burns — cosponsor (person)
• Burrows — cosponsor (person)
• Button — cosponsor (person)
• Cain — cosponsor (person)
• Campbell — cosponsor (person)
• Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
• Clardy — cosponsor (person)
• Cosper — cosponsor (person)
• Craddick — cosponsor (person)
• Creighton — cosponsor (person)
• Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
• Dale — cosponsor (person)
• Davis, Sarah — cosponsor (person)
• Dean — cosponsor (person)
• Elkins — cosponsor (person)
• Faircloth — cosponsor (person)
• Fallon — cosponsor (person)
• Flynn — cosponsor (person)
• Frank — cosponsor (person)
• Frullo — cosponsor (person)
• Geren — cosponsor (person)
• Hall — cosponsor (person)
• Hefner — cosponsor (person)
• Holland — cosponsor (person)
• Isaac — cosponsor (person)
• Keough — cosponsor (person)
• King, Phil — cosponsor (person)
• Klick — cosponsor (person)
• Koop — cosponsor (person)
• Krause — cosponsor (person)
• Lambert — cosponsor (person)
• Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
• Lang — cosponsor (person)
• Leach — cosponsor (person)
• Lozano — cosponsor (person)
• Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
• Meyer — cosponsor (person)
• Miller — cosponsor (person)
• Murphy — cosponsor (person)
• Murr — cosponsor (person)
• Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
• Paddie — cosponsor (person)
• Parker — cosponsor (person)
• Paul — cosponsor (person)
• Perry — cosponsor (person)
• Phelan — cosponsor (person)
• Phillips — cosponsor (person)
• Price — cosponsor (person)
• Raney — cosponsor (person)
• Rinaldi — cosponsor (person)
• Roberts — cosponsor (person)
• Sanford — cosponsor (person)
• Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
• Schofield — cosponsor (person)
• Schubert — cosponsor (person)
• Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
• Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
• Sheffield — cosponsor (person)
• Shine — cosponsor (person)
• Simmons — cosponsor (person)
• Smithee — cosponsor (person)
• Springer — cosponsor (person)
• Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
• Stickland — cosponsor (person)
• Stucky — cosponsor (person)
• Swanson — cosponsor (person)
• Taylor, Van — cosponsor (person)
• Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
• Tinderholt — cosponsor (person)
• VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
• Villalba — cosponsor (person)
• White — cosponsor (person)
• Wilson — cosponsor (person)
• Workman — cosponsor (person)
• Wray — cosponsor (person)
• Zedler — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-07-17 Received by the Secretary of the Senate filing
• 2017-07-17 Filed filing
• 2017-07-20 Read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-07-20 Referred to State Affairs referral-committee
• 2017-07-23 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
• 2017-07-23 Considered in public hearing
• 2017-07-23 Testimony taken in committee
• 2017-07-23 Reported favorably w/o amendments committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-07-23 Committee report printed and distributed
• 2017-07-24 Co-author authorized
• 2017-07-25 Co-author authorized
• 2017-07-26 Laid before the Senate
• 2017-07-26 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2017-07-26 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
• 2017-07-26 Amended amendment-passage
• 2017-07-26 Vote recorded in Journal
• 2017-07-26 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
• 2017-07-26 Amended amendment-passage
• 2017-07-26 Vote recorded in Journal
• 2017-07-26 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
• 2017-07-26 Amendment fails of adoption
• 2017-07-26 Record vote
• 2017-07-26 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
• 2017-07-26 Amendment fails of adoption
• 2017-07-26 Record vote
• 2017-07-26 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
• 2017-07-26 Amendment fails of adoption
• 2017-07-26 Record vote
• 2017-07-26 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
• 2017-07-26 Amendment fails of adoption
• 2017-07-26 Record vote
• 2017-07-26 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
• 2017-07-26 Amendment fails of adoption
• 2017-07-26 Record vote
• 2017-07-26 Passed to engrossment as amended
• 2017-07-26 Record vote
• 2017-07-26 Remarks ordered printed
• 2017-07-26 Laid before the Senate
• 2017-07-26 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2017-07-26 Passed passage
• 2017-07-26 Record vote
• 2017-07-26 Statement(s) submitted
• 2017-07-26 Reported engrossed
• 2017-07-27 Received from the Senate introduction
• 2017-08-01 Read first time introduction, reading-1
• 2017-08-01 Referred to Elections referral-committee
• 2017-08-07 Considered in formal meeting
• 2017-08-07 Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) committee-passage
• 2017-08-07 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
• 2017-08-07 Committee report distributed
• 2017-08-08 Committee report sent to Calendars
• 2017-08-08 Considered in Calendars
• 2017-08-09 Placed on General State Calendar
• 2017-08-09 Read 2nd time reading-2
• 2017-08-09 Amendment fails of adoption
• 2017-08-09 Record vote
• 2017-08-09 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
• 2017-08-09 Amendment fails of adoption
• 2017-08-09 Record vote
• 2017-08-09 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
• 2017-08-09 Amendment fails of adoption
• 2017-08-09 Record vote
• 2017-08-09 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
• 2017-08-09 Amendment fails of adoption
• 2017-08-09 Record vote
• 2017-08-09 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
• 2017-08-09 Amendment(s) offered amendment-introduction
• 2017-08-09 Point of order overruled (amendment)
• 2017-08-09 Amendment to amendment fails of adoption
• 2017-08-09 Record vote
• 2017-08-09 Amendment to amendment fails of adoption
• 2017-08-09 Record vote
• 2017-08-09 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
• 2017-08-09 Amendment amended amendment-amendment
• 2017-08-09 Amendment to amendment fails of adoption
• 2017-08-09 Record vote
• 2017-08-09 Amendment to amendment fails of adoption
• 2017-08-09 Amendment to amendment fails of adoption
• 2017-08-09 Record vote
• 2017-08-09 Amendment to amendment fails of adoption
• 2017-08-09 Record vote
• 2017-08-09 Amendment to amendment fails of adoption
• 2017-08-09 Record vote
• 2017-08-09 Amendment amended amendment-amendment
• 2017-08-09 Amendment to amendment fails of adoption
• 2017-08-09 Amendment to amendment fails of adoption
• 2017-08-09 Amendment to amendment fails of adoption
• 2017-08-09 Record vote
• 2017-08-09 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
• 2017-08-09 Amendment to amendment fails of adoption
• 2017-08-09 Record vote
• 2017-08-09 Amendment adopted as amended
• 2017-08-09 Record vote
• 2017-08-09 Reason for vote recorded in Journal
• 2017-08-09 Passed to 3rd reading as amended
• 2017-08-09 Record vote
• 2017-08-09 Reason for vote recorded in Journal
• 2017-08-10 Read 3rd time reading-3
• 2017-08-10 Passed passage
• 2017-08-10 Record vote
• 2017-08-10 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
• 2017-08-10 Reason for vote recorded in Journal
• 2017-08-10 House passage as amended reported
• 2017-08-11 House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
• 2017-08-11 Read
• 2017-08-11 Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
• 2017-08-11 Record vote
• 2017-08-11 Remarks ordered printed
• 2017-08-11 Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
• 2017-08-11 Reported enrolled
• 2017-08-11 Signed in the Senate
• 2017-08-11 Signed in the House
• 2017-08-11 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2017-08-11 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2017-08-11 Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2e7e2ac0-ea8c-448f-89fd-f366116b321c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).