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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) |
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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 |
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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.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
- House Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
- Senate Committee Report (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- passage — 85–49 (pass) · lower
- passage — 94–54 (pass) · lower
- passage — 22–9 (pass) · upper
- passage — 98–42 (pass) · lower
- passage — 25–6 (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).