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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to certain election practices and procedures."
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description: "Relating to certain election practices and procedures."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "89R"
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identifier: "SB 2217"
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citation: "Texas SB 2217 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Elections--Administration (I0277)", "Elections--Election Officers (I0305)", "Elections--General (I0310)", "Elections--Voting Systems (I0270)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Shaheen"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 79
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-03-11"
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last_action: "2025-06-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb6805a1-90f9-466f-8275-60dd0ef3a65c"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02200_SB02299/SB 2217.xml"
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source_hash: "e5c04c0a97606b523bf131a16a4768d8f8b1383a0e35b382079a670641965818"
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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 2217 (89R) — Relating to certain election practices and procedures.
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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/89R/billtext/html/SB02217I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02217E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02217H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02217S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02217F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **139–1** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **26–5** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **135–0** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **130–7** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **130–7** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Hughes — primary (person)
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- Shaheen — primary (person)
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- Hall — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-03-11** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-03-11** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-03-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-03-25** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-04-10** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-04-10** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2025-04-10** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-04-14** Co-author authorized
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- **2025-04-16** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-04-16** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-04-22** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-04-22** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-05-01** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-05-01** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
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- **2025-05-01** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-01** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-01** Three day rule suspended
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- **2025-05-01** Record vote
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- **2025-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-01** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-01** Record vote
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- **2025-05-01** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-05-01** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2025-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-05-02** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-15** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-05-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2025-05-15** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-05-16** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2025-05-16** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-20** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-05-20** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-05-21** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-05-23** Considered in Calendars
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- **2025-05-25** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2025-05-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-27** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2025-05-27** Point of order withdrawn (amendment) `withdrawal`
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- **2025-05-27** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
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- **2025-05-27** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-27** Record vote
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- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-28** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-28** Record vote
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- **2025-05-28** Passed as amended `amendment-passage, passage`
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- **2025-05-28** Record vote
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- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-28** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-29** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
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- **2025-05-29** Read
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- **2025-05-29** Senate refuses to concur
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- **2025-05-29** Senate requests conference committee
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- **2025-05-29** Senate appoints conferees
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- **2025-05-29** Senate refuses to concur-reported
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- **2025-05-29** Senate requests conference committee-reported
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- **2025-05-29** Senate appoints conferees-reported
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- **2025-05-30** House grants request for conference committee
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- **2025-05-30** House appoints conferees
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- **2025-05-30** House grants request for conf comm-reported
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- **2025-05-30** House appoints conferees-reported
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- **2025-05-31** Conference committee report filed `filing`
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- **2025-05-31** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
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- **2025-06-01** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-01** Record vote
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- **2025-06-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-06-01** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-06-01** Record vote
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- **2025-06-01** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
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- **2025-06-01** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
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- **2025-06-01** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-06-02** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-06-02** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-06-03** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `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/cb6805a1-90f9-466f-8275-60dd0ef3a65c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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