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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to eligibility to serve as an interpreter in an election."
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description: "Relating to eligibility to serve as an interpreter in an election."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "87"
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identifier: "SB 331"
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citation: "Texas SB 331 (87)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Elections--Administration (I0277)", "Elections--Election Officers (I0305)", "OATHS (S0005)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Button", "Cain", "González, Jessica", "Hinojosa", "Johnson", "Shaheen"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 55
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-01-13"
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last_action: "2021-06-14"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88362578-161b-48fb-ba39-ab01ad3d5996"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00300_SB00399/SB 331.xml"
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source_hash: "bb55c253f4e42abc1a480de56e06b7efe00dddc482997d3f98caa32bc1a40cb9"
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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 SB 331 (87) — Relating to eligibility to serve as an interpreter in an election.
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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://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00331I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00331E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00331H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00331S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00331F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **134–10** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Button — primary (person)
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- Cain — primary (person)
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- González, Jessica — primary (person)
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- Hinojosa — primary (person)
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- Johnson — primary (person)
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- Shaheen — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-13** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
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- **2021-01-13** Filed `filing`
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- **2021-03-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-03-09** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2021-03-26** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2021-03-26** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-03-26** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2021-03-29** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-29** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2021-03-29** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2021-03-31** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2021-04-07** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2021-04-07** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
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- **2021-04-07** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-04-07** Three day rule suspended
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- **2021-04-07** Record vote
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- **2021-04-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-04-07** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-04-07** Record vote
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- **2021-04-07** Reported engrossed
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- **2021-04-08** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2021-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-04-12** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-29** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-04-29** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2021-04-29** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2021-04-29** Left pending in committee
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- **2021-05-12** Considered in public hearing
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- **2021-05-12** Committee substitute considered in committee
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- **2021-05-12** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-05-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2021-05-17** Committee report distributed
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- **2021-05-18** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2021-05-20** Considered in Calendars
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- **2021-05-23** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2021-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2021-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2021-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2021-05-25** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
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- **2021-05-25** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
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- **2021-05-25** Passed `passage`
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- **2021-05-25** Record vote
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- **2021-05-25** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2021-05-25** House passage as amended reported
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- **2021-05-28** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
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- **2021-05-28** Read
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- **2021-05-28** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
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- **2021-05-28** Record vote
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- **2021-05-28** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
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- **2021-05-29** Reported enrolled
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- **2021-05-30** Signed in the Senate
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- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
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- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-06-14** Effective immediately `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/88362578-161b-48fb-ba39-ab01ad3d5996`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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