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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to election procedures regarding accepting a voter with a residence address that is not current and the immediate effect of a voter's registration after the registrar's receipt of certain change of address notices."
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description: "Relating to election procedures regarding accepting a voter with a residence address that is not current and the immediate effect of a voter's registration after the registrar's receipt of certain change of address notices."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "892"
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identifier: "SB 54"
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citation: "Texas SB 54 (892)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Elections--Administration (I0277)", "Elections--General (I0310)", "Elections--Registration & Suffrage (I0265)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Political Subdivisions (I0588)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Shaheen"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 49
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-08-26"
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last_action: "2025-09-17"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af05a12e-0441-48d6-b130-b5412d18de02"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/892/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 54.xml"
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source_hash: "b37f75e95f39952d6b81f5fe50d41c38f3c20e2c60d754aa12723c902dfc1d65"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas SB 54 (892) — Relating to election procedures regarding accepting a voter with a residence address that is not current and the immediate effect of a voter's registration after the registrar's receipt of certain change of address notices.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/892/billtext/html/SB00054I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/892/billtext/html/SB00054E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/892/billtext/html/SB00054H.HTM)
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4. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/892/billtext/html/SB00054F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **19–8** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **19–7** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **86–46** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **87–46** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Hughes — primary (person)
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- Shaheen — primary (person)
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- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
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- Hagenbuch — cosponsor (person)
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- Hall — cosponsor (person)
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- Hinojosa, Adam — cosponsor (person)
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- King — cosponsor (person)
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- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
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- Parker — cosponsor (person)
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- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
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- Sparks — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-08-26** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-08-26** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-08-26** Co-author authorized
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- **2025-08-26** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-08-26** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-26** Posting rule suspended
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- **2025-08-26** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-08-26** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-08-26** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-08-26** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-08-26** Printing rule suspended
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- **2025-08-26** Ordered not printed
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- **2025-08-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2025-08-26** Record vote
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- **2025-08-26** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2025-08-26** Record vote
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- **2025-08-27** Co-author authorized
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- **2025-08-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2025-08-27** Record vote
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- **2025-08-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-08-27** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-08-27** Record vote
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- **2025-08-27** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-08-28** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2025-08-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-08-28** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2025-08-28** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2025-08-28** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-08-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-08-28** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-08-28** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-08-28** Considered in Calendars
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- **2025-09-02** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2025-09-02** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-09-02** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2025-09-02** Record vote
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- **2025-09-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-09-02** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-09-02** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-09-02** Record vote
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- **2025-09-02** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-09-02** Reason for vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-09-02** House passage reported `passage`
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- **2025-09-02** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-09-03** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-09-03** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-09-04** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-09-17** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-09-17** Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af05a12e-0441-48d6-b130-b5412d18de02`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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