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Bill Relating to the declaration of a candidate's ineligibility on the basis of failure to pay a filing fee or submit a petition in lieu of a filing fee. Relating to the declaration of a candidate's ineligibility on the basis of failure to pay a filing fee or submit a petition in lieu of a filing fee. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 88 SB 994 Texas SB 994 (88)
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Elections--Candidates (I0280)
Fees & Other Nontax Revenue--State (I0362)
SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)
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Burrows
Schwertner
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Texas SB 994 (88) — Relating to the declaration of a candidate's ineligibility on the basis of failure to pay a filing fee or submit a petition in lieu of a filing fee.

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 — 9351 (pass) · lower
  • passage — 238 (pass) · upper
  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 994 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — 246 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Burrows — primary (person)
  • Schwertner — primary (person)
  • Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
  • Creighton — cosponsor (person)
  • Flores — cosponsor (person)
  • Springer — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-02-16 Received by the Secretary of the Senate filing, introduction
  • 2023-02-16 Filed filing
  • 2023-03-03 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2023-03-03 Referred to State Affairs referral-committee
  • 2023-03-08 Posting rule suspended
  • 2023-03-09 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 2023-03-09 Considered in public hearing
  • 2023-03-09 Testimony taken in committee
  • 2023-03-09 Vote taken in committee
  • 2023-03-13 Reported favorably w/o amendments committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-03-13 Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
  • 2023-03-13 Committee report printed and distributed
  • 2023-03-14 Co-author authorized
  • 2023-03-14 Placed on intent calendar
  • 2023-03-15 Co-author authorized
  • 2023-03-15 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  • 2023-03-15 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-03-15 Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment reading-2
  • 2023-03-15 Record vote
  • 2023-03-15 Three day rule suspended
  • 2023-03-15 Record vote
  • 2023-03-15 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2023-03-15 Passed passage
  • 2023-03-15 Record vote
  • 2023-03-15 Reported engrossed
  • 2023-03-16 Received from the Senate introduction
  • 2023-04-10 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2023-04-10 Referred to Elections referral-committee
  • 2023-04-27 Considered in public hearing
  • 2023-04-27 Committee substitute considered in committee substitution
  • 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 Committee substitute considered in committee substitution
  • 2023-05-01 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-05-09 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator filing
  • 2023-05-09 Committee report distributed
  • 2023-05-10 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 Passed to 3rd reading
  • 2023-05-17 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2023-05-17 Passed passage
  • 2023-05-17 Record vote
  • 2023-05-17 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2023-05-17 House passage as amended reported amendment-passage
  • 2023-05-21 House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
  • 2023-05-21 Read
  • 2023-05-21 Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
  • 2023-05-21 Record vote
  • 2023-05-22 Reported enrolled enrolled
  • 2023-05-22 Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
  • 2023-05-22 Signed in the Senate passage
  • 2023-05-22 Signed in the House passage
  • 2023-05-23 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/0e7c5ab4-af50-4b0c-93fc-6847db179b9f. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).