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Bill Relating to the use of a wireless communication device at a polling place. Relating to the use of a wireless communication device at a polling place. us/states/tx Texas Legislature 89R HB 3909 Texas HB 3909 (89R)
bill
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (S0554)
EMAIL & ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS (S0321)
Elections--Administration (I0277)
Elections--General (I0310)
SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)
enacted
Alders
Dyson
Hickland
Simmons
Zaffirini
Zwiener
5 72 5 2025-03-06 2025-06-20 openstates ocd-bill/2b38f681-73b4-4ee9-8020-b1e2a2f70bd1 ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03900_HB03999/HB 3909.xml 996c51661ac3f409831eda01229298673496a44e224fba9e17d52cf89efbafa3 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
legislation
bill
us-tx

Texas HB 3909 (89R) — Relating to the use of a wireless communication device at a polling place.

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 — 274 (pass) · upper
  • passage — 1376 (pass) · lower
  • passage — 1388 (pass) · lower
  • passage — 1279 (pass) · lower
  • passage — 1279 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Alders — primary (person)
  • Dyson — primary (person)
  • Hickland — primary (person)
  • Simmons — primary (person)
  • Zaffirini — primary (person)
  • Zwiener — primary (person)
  • Davis, Aicha — cosponsor (person)
  • Leo Wilson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-03-06 Filed filing
  • 2025-03-27 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2025-03-27 Referred to Elections referral-committee
  • 2025-04-17 Considered in public hearing
  • 2025-04-17 Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  • 2025-04-17 Left pending in committee
  • 2025-04-28 Considered in formal meeting
  • 2025-04-28 Committee substitute considered in committee substitution
  • 2025-04-28 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-04-30 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator filing
  • 2025-04-30 Committee report distributed
  • 2025-05-01 Committee report sent to Calendars
  • 2025-05-05 Considered in Calendars
  • 2025-05-07 Placed on General State Calendar
  • 2025-05-07 Read 2nd time reading-2
  • 2025-05-07 Passed to engrossment
  • 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
  • 2025-05-09 Received from the House introduction
  • 2025-05-12 Read first time introduction, reading-1
  • 2025-05-12 Referred to State Affairs referral-committee
  • 2025-05-15 Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  • 2025-05-15 Considered in public hearing
  • 2025-05-15 Testimony taken in committee
  • 2025-05-15 Left pending in committee
  • 2025-05-22 Considered in public hearing
  • 2025-05-22 Vote taken in committee
  • 2025-05-25 Reported favorably as substituted committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-05-25 Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
  • 2025-05-25 Committee report printed and distributed
  • 2025-05-28 Placed on local & uncontested calendar
  • 2025-05-28 Laid before the Senate receipt
  • 2025-05-28 Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading reading-2
  • 2025-05-28 Vote recorded in Journal
  • 2025-05-28 Three day rule suspended
  • 2025-05-28 Record vote
  • 2025-05-28 Read 3rd time reading-3
  • 2025-05-28 Passed passage
  • 2025-05-28 Record vote
  • 2025-05-29 Senate passage as amended reported amendment-passage
  • 2025-05-29 Senate Amendments distributed
  • 2025-05-29 Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
  • 2025-05-30 House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
  • 2025-05-30 House requests conference committee
  • 2025-05-30 House appoints conferees
  • 2025-05-30 House refuses to concur-reported
  • 2025-05-30 House requests conference committee-reported
  • 2025-05-30 House appoints conferees-reported
  • 2025-05-30 Senate grants request for conference comm.
  • 2025-05-30 Senate appoints conferees
  • 2025-05-30 Conference committee report filed filing
  • 2025-05-31 Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
  • 2025-05-31 Senate appoints conferees-reported
  • 2025-05-31 Conf. Comm. Report distributed
  • 2025-05-31 Senate adopts conference committee report committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-05-31 Record vote
  • 2025-05-31 Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
  • 2025-06-01 House adopts conference committee report committee-passage-favorable
  • 2025-06-01 Record vote
  • 2025-06-01 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  • 2025-06-01 House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
  • 2025-06-01 Reported enrolled enrolled
  • 2025-06-02 Signed in the House passage
  • 2025-06-02 Signed in the Senate passage
  • 2025-06-02 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/2b38f681-73b4-4ee9-8020-b1e2a2f70bd1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).