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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the administration of and procedures relating to early voting by personal appearance."
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description: "Relating to the administration of and procedures relating to early voting by personal appearance."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "88"
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identifier: "HB 1217"
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citation: "Texas HB 1217 (88)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Elections--Administration (I0277)", "Elections--Early Voting (I0260)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Capriglione", "Kolkhorst", "Manuel", "Morales, Eddie", "Patterson", "Swanson"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 60
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2023-01-09"
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last_action: "2023-06-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be241adf-dce9-46b9-a11e-ae8dce1c82f5"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01200_HB01299/HB 1217.xml"
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source_hash: "9b646b3a6d72975a0ac8143369b609bd6a10ce0120da14a565d0c808e2c5a6c8"
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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 1217 (88) — Relating to the administration of and procedures relating to early voting by personal appearance.
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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/88R/billtext/html/HB01217I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01217E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01217H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01217S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01217F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **128–16** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 1217 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **128–16** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **131–3** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Capriglione — primary (person)
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- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
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- Manuel — primary (person)
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- Morales, Eddie — primary (person)
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- Patterson — primary (person)
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- Swanson — primary (person)
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- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
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- DeAyala — cosponsor (person)
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- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
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- Leo-Wilson — cosponsor (person)
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- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
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- Schatzline — cosponsor (person)
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- Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Thimesch — cosponsor (person)
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- West — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-09** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-03-03** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-30** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-03-30** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2023-03-30** Left pending in committee
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- **2023-04-13** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-04-13** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
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- **2023-04-13** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-13** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-04-25** Committee report distributed
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- **2023-04-25** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
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- **2023-05-03** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
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- **2023-05-06** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
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- **2023-05-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-06** Passed to engrossment
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- **2023-05-06** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-06** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-06** Record vote
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- **2023-05-06** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-06** Reported engrossed
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- **2023-05-08** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2023-05-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-05-09** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-15** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2023-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2023-05-15** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-05-15** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2023-05-15** Vote taken in committee
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- **2023-05-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-16** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2023-05-18** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2023-05-19** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2023-05-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-19** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-05-19** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-19** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-19** Three day rule suspended
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- **2023-05-19** Record vote
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- **2023-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-19** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-19** Record vote
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- **2023-05-19** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-05-20** Senate Amendments distributed
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- **2023-05-20** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
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- **2023-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
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- **2023-05-24** Record vote
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- **2023-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
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- **2023-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
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- **2023-05-24** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-25** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2023-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-12** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-12** Effective on 9/1/23 `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/be241adf-dce9-46b9-a11e-ae8dce1c82f5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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