republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/88/sb-1750.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to abolishing the county elections administrator position in certain counties."
description: "Relating to abolishing the county elections administrator position in certain counties."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 1750"
citation: "Texas SB 1750 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR-COLLECTORS (S0310)", "County Government--Employees/Officers (I0095)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Elections--Administration (I0277)", "Elections--Election Officers (I0305)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Cain", "DeAyala", "Harless", "Schofield", "Swanson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 57
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-03-07"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c489ef6d-e0bd-4282-8e6e-1096f9731eaf"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01700_SB01799/SB 1750.xml"
source_hash: "40ce846af090238e133afc74b8efe164a376666ac4e084fd5ccb5314544d358b"
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 1750 (88) — Relating to abolishing the county elections administrator position in certain counties.

## 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/SB01750I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01750E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01750H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01750S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB01750F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **20–11** (pass) · upper
- passage — **81–62** (pass) · lower
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 1750 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **25–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Cain — primary (person)
- DeAyala — primary (person)
- Harless — primary (person)
- Schofield — primary (person)
- Swanson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-07** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **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** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-03** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-06** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-04-17** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-04-18** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-18** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Record vote
- **2023-04-18** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-18** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-20** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-25** Posting rule suspended
- **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`
- **2023-05-12** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-12** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-15** 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** Point of order withdrawn `withdrawal`
- **2023-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-23** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-23** Record vote
- **2023-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-23** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-23** Record vote
- **2023-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **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`
- **2023-05-25** 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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c489ef6d-e0bd-4282-8e6e-1096f9731eaf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).