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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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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.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- House Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
- Senate Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- passage — 86–56 (pass) · upper
- passage — 88–60 (pass) · lower
- passage — 86–56 (pass) · lower
- passage — 19–11 (pass) · upper
- passage — 19–12 (pass) · upper
- passage — 19–12 (pass) · upper
- passage — 83–63 (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).