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Bill Relating to election supplies and the conduct of elections; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties. Relating to election supplies and the conduct of elections; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 89R HB 1661 Texas HB 1661 (89R)
bill
Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)
Elections--Administration (I0277)
Elections--Registration & Suffrage (I0265)
enacted
Bettencourt
Cain
Schofield
Swanson
Vasut
Wilson
5 53 5 2024-12-18 2025-06-20 openstates ocd-bill/f6e05a64-59a2-442f-b041-f185dcd73d36 ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01600_HB01699/HB 1661.xml bf0256b9617f2d2a5585999f3fd299bda4c2b78c4f71c6d4744935b59867405b 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
legislation
bill
us-tx

Texas HB 1661 (89R) — Relating to election supplies and the conduct of elections; creating criminal offenses; increasing criminal penalties.

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 — 8549 (pass) · lower
  • passage — 9454 (pass) · lower
  • passage — 229 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 9842 (pass) · lower
  • passage — 256 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Bettencourt — primary (person)
  • Cain — primary (person)
  • Schofield — primary (person)
  • Swanson — primary (person)
  • Vasut — primary (person)
  • Wilson — primary (person)
  • Alders — cosponsor (person)
  • Harris — cosponsor (person)
  • Hayes — cosponsor (person)
  • Hickland — cosponsor (person)
  • Hopper — cosponsor (person)
  • Kerwin — cosponsor (person)
  • King — cosponsor (person)
  • Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
  • Leo Wilson — cosponsor (person)
  • Lowe — cosponsor (person)
  • Money — cosponsor (person)
  • Shofner — cosponsor (person)
  • Virdell — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2024-12-18 Filed filing
  • 2025-03-12 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2025-03-12 Referred to Elections referral-committee
  • 2025-03-27 Considered in public hearing
  • 2025-03-27 Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  • 2025-03-27 Left pending in committee
  • 2025-04-03 Considered in public hearing
  • 2025-04-03 Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-04-16 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator filing
  • 2025-04-16 Committee report distributed
  • 2025-04-17 Committee report sent to Calendars
  • 2025-05-02 Considered in Calendars
  • 2025-05-06 Placed on General State Calendar
  • 2025-05-07 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2025-05-07 Amended amendment-passage
  • 2025-05-07 Record vote
  • 2025-05-07 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2025-05-07 Passed to engrossment as amended amendment-passage
  • 2025-05-07 Record vote
  • 2025-05-07 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2025-05-08 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2025-05-08 Passed passage
  • 2025-05-08 Record vote
  • 2025-05-08 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2025-05-08 Reported engrossed
  • 2025-05-08 Received from the House introduction
  • 2025-05-13 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2025-05-13 Referred to State Affairs referral-committee
  • 2025-05-19 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 2025-05-19 Considered in public hearing
  • 2025-05-19 Left pending in committee
  • 2025-05-22 Considered in public hearing
  • 2025-05-22 Vote taken in committee
  • 2025-05-23 Reported favorably w/o amendments committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-05-23 Committee report printed and distributed
  • 2025-05-26 Co-sponsor authorized
  • 2025-05-26 Placed on intent calendar
  • 2025-05-26 Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  • 2025-05-26 Record vote
  • 2025-05-26 Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading reading-2
  • 2025-05-26 Record vote
  • 2025-05-26 Three day rule suspended
  • 2025-05-26 Record vote
  • 2025-05-26 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2025-05-26 Passed passage
  • 2025-05-26 Record vote
  • 2025-05-26 Senate passage reported passage
  • 2025-05-27 Reported enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-05-27 Signed in the House passage
  • 2025-05-27 Signed in the Senate passage
  • 2025-05-28 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
  • 2025-06-20 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2025-06-20 Effective on 9/1/25 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f6e05a64-59a2-442f-b041-f185dcd73d36. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).