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Bill Relating to establishing a pilot program for recording ballot counting activity. Relating to establishing a pilot program for recording ballot counting activity. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 88 HB 246 Texas HB 246 (88)
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Elections--Administration (I0277)
Elections--Election Officers (I0305)
SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)
VIDEO CAMERAS (S0786)
enacted
Bettencourt
Smith
Swanson
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Texas HB 246 (88) — Relating to establishing a pilot program for recording ballot counting activity.

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 — 1912 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 1912 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 8358 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Bettencourt — primary (person)
  • Smith — primary (person)
  • Swanson — primary (person)
  • Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
  • Creighton — cosponsor (person)
  • DeAyala — cosponsor (person)
  • Leo-Wilson — cosponsor (person)
  • Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
  • Thimesch — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-11-14 Filed filing
  • 2023-02-23 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2023-02-23 Referred to Elections referral-committee
  • 2023-04-04 Considered in public hearing
  • 2023-04-04 Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  • 2023-04-04 Left pending in committee
  • 2023-04-13 Considered in public hearing
  • 2023-04-13 Committee substitute considered in committee substitution
  • 2023-04-13 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-04-25 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator filing
  • 2023-04-25 Committee report distributed
  • 2023-04-26 Committee report sent to Calendars
  • 2023-04-28 Considered in Calendars
  • 2023-05-02 Placed on General State Calendar
  • 2023-05-02 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2023-05-02 Passed to engrossment
  • 2023-05-03 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2023-05-03 Passed passage
  • 2023-05-03 Record vote
  • 2023-05-03 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-05-03 Reported engrossed
  • 2023-05-04 Received from the House introduction
  • 2023-05-05 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2023-05-05 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 Vote taken in committee
  • 2023-05-16 Reported favorably w/o amendments committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-05-16 Committee report printed and distributed
  • 2023-05-17 Co-sponsor authorized
  • 2023-05-17 Placed on intent calendar
  • 2023-05-17 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  • 2023-05-17 Record vote
  • 2023-05-17 Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading reading-2
  • 2023-05-17 Record vote
  • 2023-05-18 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  • 2023-05-18 Record vote
  • 2023-05-18 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2023-05-18 Passed passage
  • 2023-05-18 Record vote
  • 2023-05-19 Senate passage reported passage
  • 2023-05-19 Reported enrolled enrolled
  • 2023-05-22 Signed in the House passage
  • 2023-05-23 Signed in the Senate passage
  • 2023-05-24 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2023-06-18 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2023-06-18 Effective on 9/1/23 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/371f5823-6ee7-45f4-9e2d-8a0568b341be. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).