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Bill Relating to the penalty for the offense of illegal voting; increasing a criminal penalty. Relating to the penalty for the offense of illegal voting; increasing a criminal penalty. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 88 HB 1243 Texas HB 1243 (88)
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Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)
Elections--General (I0310)
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Goldman
Hefner
Hughes
Leach
Murr
Spiller
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us-tx

Texas HB 1243 (88) — Relating to the penalty for the offense of illegal voting; increasing a criminal penalty.

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

Votes

  • passage — 8656 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 8860 (pass) · lower
  • passage — 8656 (pass) · lower
  • passage — 1911 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 1912 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 1912 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 8363 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Goldman — primary (person)
  • Hefner — primary (person)
  • Hughes — primary (person)
  • Leach — primary (person)
  • Murr — primary (person)
  • Spiller — primary (person)
  • Ashby — cosponsor (person)
  • Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
  • Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
  • Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
  • Clardy — cosponsor (person)
  • Cook — cosponsor (person)
  • Creighton — cosponsor (person)
  • Darby — cosponsor (person)
  • Dean — cosponsor (person)
  • Dorazio — cosponsor (person)
  • Harris, Caroline — cosponsor (person)
  • Harrison — cosponsor (person)
  • Hayes — cosponsor (person)
  • Isaac — cosponsor (person)
  • Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
  • Leo-Wilson — cosponsor (person)
  • Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
  • Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
  • Noble — cosponsor (person)
  • Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
  • Parker — cosponsor (person)
  • Patterson — cosponsor (person)
  • Paul — cosponsor (person)
  • Paxton — cosponsor (person)
  • Stucky — cosponsor (person)
  • Thimesch — cosponsor (person)
  • Toth — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-01-10 Filed filing
  • 2023-03-03 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2023-03-03 Referred to Elections referral-committee
  • 2023-04-13 Considered in public hearing
  • 2023-04-13 Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  • 2023-04-13 Left pending in committee
  • 2023-04-20 Considered in public hearing
  • 2023-04-20 Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-04-24 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator filing
  • 2023-04-25 Committee report distributed
  • 2023-04-25 Committee report sent to Calendars
  • 2023-04-25 Considered in Calendars
  • 2023-04-27 Placed on Major State Calendar
  • 2023-04-27 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2023-04-27 Amendment fails of adoption amendment-failure
  • 2023-04-27 Record vote
  • 2023-04-27 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-04-27 Amendment fails of adoption amendment-failure
  • 2023-04-27 Record vote
  • 2023-04-27 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-04-27 Passed to engrossment
  • 2023-04-27 Record vote
  • 2023-04-27 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-04-28 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2023-04-28 Passed passage
  • 2023-04-28 Record vote
  • 2023-04-28 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-04-28 Reported engrossed
  • 2023-05-01 Received from the House introduction
  • 2023-05-01 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2023-05-01 Referred to State Affairs referral-committee
  • 2023-05-15 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 2023-05-15 Considered in public hearing
  • 2023-05-15 Testimony taken in committee
  • 2023-05-15 Left pending in committee
  • 2023-05-21 Considered in public hearing
  • 2023-05-21 Vote taken in committee
  • 2023-05-22 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-05-22 Committee report printed and distributed
  • 2023-05-23 Co-sponsor authorized
  • 2023-05-23 Placed on intent calendar
  • 2023-05-24 Co-sponsor authorized
  • 2023-05-24 Not again placed on intent calendar
  • 2023-05-24 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  • 2023-05-24 Record vote
  • 2023-05-24 Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading reading-2
  • 2023-05-24 Record vote
  • 2023-05-24 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  • 2023-05-24 Record vote
  • 2023-05-24 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2023-05-24 Passed passage
  • 2023-05-24 Record vote
  • 2023-05-25 Senate passage as amended reported amendment-passage
  • 2023-05-25 Senate Amendments distributed
  • 2023-05-25 Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
  • 2023-05-26 House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
  • 2023-05-26 House requests conference committee
  • 2023-05-26 House appoints conferees
  • 2023-05-26 House refuses to concur-reported
  • 2023-05-26 House requests conference committee-reported
  • 2023-05-26 House appoints conferees-reported
  • 2023-05-26 Senate grants request for conference comm.
  • 2023-05-26 Senate appoints conferees
  • 2023-05-26 Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
  • 2023-05-26 Senate appoints conferees-reported
  • 2023-05-27 Conference committee report filed filing
  • 2023-05-27 Conf. Comm. Report distributed
  • 2023-05-28 House adopts conference committee report committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-05-28 Record vote
  • 2023-05-28 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-05-28 House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
  • 2023-05-28 Senate adopts conference committee report committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-05-28 Record vote
  • 2023-05-28 Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
  • 2023-05-28 Reported enrolled enrolled
  • 2023-05-29 Signed in the House passage
  • 2023-05-29 Signed in the Senate passage
  • 2023-05-30 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2023-06-13 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2023-06-13 Effective on 9/1/23 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b9caab4e-a6d4-4a02-b4fe-8c410516fcf6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).