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---
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to political parties."
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description: "Relating to political parties."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "86"
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identifier: "HB 2640"
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citation: "Texas HB 2640 (86)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["County Government--Employees/Officers (I0095)", "Elections--Administration (I0277)", "Elections--Candidates (I0280)", "Elections--Early Voting (I0260)", "Elections--General (I0310)", "Elections--Political Parties (I0275)", "Elections--Primaries (I0285)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Cortez", "Hughes"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 56
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2019-02-27"
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last_action: "2019-06-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3444fa02-3ea3-4a41-9ef3-794f127d1d18"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02600_HB02699/HB 2640.xml"
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source_hash: "1caa5aaf8f13b1b5f2748703fc2ed07c98eed93b5306cdb6a6755998b0ac2cd5"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas HB 2640 (86) — Relating to political parties.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB02640I.HTM)
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## Votes
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- other — **100–40** (fail) · upper
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- passage — **100–40** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Cortez — primary (person)
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- Hughes — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-27** Filed `filing`
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- **2019-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-03-11** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-08** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-04-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2019-04-08** Left pending in committee
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- **2019-04-29** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-04-29** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2019-04-29** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-29** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-05-02** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2019-05-03** Committee report distributed
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- **2019-05-03** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
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- **2019-05-07** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
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- **2019-05-10** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
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- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-05-10** Passed to engrossment
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- **2019-05-10** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-05-10** Record vote
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- **2019-05-10** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-05-10** Reported engrossed
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- **2019-05-13** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2019-05-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-05-14** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2019-05-16** Posting rule suspended
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- **2019-05-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-05-17** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2019-05-19** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2019-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
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- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
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- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
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- **2019-05-22** Record vote
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- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-05-22** Record vote
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- **2019-05-23** Senate passage as amended reported
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- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments distributed
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- **2019-05-23** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
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- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
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- **2019-05-24** Record vote
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- **2019-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
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- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
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- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
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- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
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- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
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- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-06-14** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3444fa02-3ea3-4a41-9ef3-794f127d1d18`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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