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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the interstate voter registration crosscheck program."
description: "Relating to the interstate voter registration crosscheck program."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1070"
citation: "Texas SB 1070 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALAN VERA MEMORIAL ACT (PO93F)", "Elections--General (I0310)", "Elections--Registration & Suffrage (I0265)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Intergovernmental Relations (I0447)", "SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Allison", "Hughes", "Jetton", "Leo-Wilson", "Murr"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 70
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-02-21"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/876e1ac6-8c4f-4293-9c6f-f2827a8ee55b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01000_SB01099/SB 1070.xml"
source_hash: "cc795e02de305273aa2405f5ca0d91063e89ce5ce7a69b5213ac9490d2213109"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---
# Texas SB 1070 (88) — Relating to the interstate voter registration crosscheck program.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01070I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01070E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01070H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01070S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01070F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **1812** (pass) · upper
- passage — **8561** (pass) · lower
- passage — **8660** (pass) · lower
- passage — **1912** (pass) · upper
- passage — **1912** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Allison — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Jetton — primary (person)
- Leo-Wilson — primary (person)
- Murr — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-02-21** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-02-21** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-03** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Co-author authorized
- **2023-03-30** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-30** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-03-30** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-04** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-05** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-06** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-06** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-11** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-11** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-04-11** Record vote
- **2023-04-11** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-11** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-04-12** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-12** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-12** Record vote
- **2023-04-12** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-13** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-14** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-24** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-24** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-02** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-03** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-03** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-12** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-16** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-16** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-16** Postponed
- **2023-05-17** Vote reconsidered
- **2023-05-17** Point of order sustained
- **2023-05-17** Returned to committee
- **2023-05-17** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-18** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-18** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-18** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-05-18** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-22** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
- **2023-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-22** Record vote
- **2023-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Record vote
- **2023-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-23** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-27** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2023-05-27** Read
- **2023-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2023-05-27** Record vote
- **2023-05-27** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-27** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/876e1ac6-8c4f-4293-9c6f-f2827a8ee55b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).