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Bill Relating to a ballot scan system used in a central counting station. Relating to a ballot scan system used in a central counting station. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 88 SB 1661 Texas SB 1661 (88)
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Elections--Voting Systems (I0270)
enacted
Hughes
Smith
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us-tx

Texas SB 1661 (88) — Relating to a ballot scan system used in a central counting station.

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 — 1450 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Hughes — primary (person)
  • Smith — primary (person)
  • Cain — cosponsor (person)
  • Hall — cosponsor (person)
  • Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-03-06 Received by the Secretary of the Senate filing, introduction
  • 2023-03-06 Filed filing
  • 2023-03-16 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2023-03-16 Referred to State Affairs referral-committee
  • 2023-03-27 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 2023-03-27 Considered in public hearing
  • 2023-03-27 Testimony taken in committee
  • 2023-03-27 Left pending in committee
  • 2023-03-30 Considered in public hearing
  • 2023-03-30 Vote taken in committee
  • 2023-04-06 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-04-06 Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
  • 2023-04-06 Committee report printed and distributed
  • 2023-04-20 Placed on local & uncontested calendar
  • 2023-04-20 Placed on intent calendar
  • 2023-04-20 Laid before the Senate receipt
  • 2023-04-20 Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment reading-2
  • 2023-04-20 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-04-20 Three day rule suspended
  • 2023-04-20 Record vote
  • 2023-04-20 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2023-04-20 Passed passage
  • 2023-04-20 Record vote
  • 2023-04-20 Reported engrossed
  • 2023-04-20 Received from the Senate introduction
  • 2023-04-21 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2023-04-21 Referred to Elections referral-committee
  • 2023-04-27 Considered in public hearing
  • 2023-04-27 Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  • 2023-04-27 Left pending in committee
  • 2023-05-01 Considered in formal meeting
  • 2023-05-01 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
  • 2023-05-20 Considered in Calendars
  • 2023-05-22 Placed on General State Calendar
  • 2023-05-22 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2023-05-22 Passed to 3rd reading
  • 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 reported passage
  • 2023-05-23 Reported enrolled enrolled
  • 2023-05-24 Co-author authorized
  • 2023-05-25 Signed in the Senate passage
  • 2023-05-26 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; origin ocd-bill/bf76ccfc-12c7-41e3-b977-d26e13e03424. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).