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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the audit of an election using an electronic voting system."
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description: "Relating to the audit of an election using an electronic voting system."
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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 827"
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citation: "Texas SB 827 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["AUDITS & AUDITORS (S4334)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Elections--Election Officers (I0305)", "Elections--General (I0310)", "Elections--Voting Systems (I0270)", "SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["DeAyala", "Parker"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 55
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-01-16"
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last_action: "2025-06-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b89658fe-d2d5-4a1f-9f03-d532655ccd87"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00800_SB00899/SB 827.xml"
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source_hash: "e689ac035ca8567fbff28bf6675d92f5da201b6fbbcd7e8cfda6889affd20ff6"
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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 827 (89R) — Relating to the audit of an election using an electronic voting system.
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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/SB00827I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00827E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00827H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00827S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00827F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **137–0** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **130–7** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- DeAyala — primary (person)
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- Parker — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-16** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-16** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-02-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-02-13** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-03-20** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-03-20** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2025-03-20** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-03-24** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-03-24** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-03-26** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-26** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-03-26** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-04-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-04-10** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
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- **2025-04-10** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-04-10** Three day rule suspended
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- **2025-04-10** Record vote
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- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-04-10** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-04-10** Record vote
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- **2025-04-10** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-04-22** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-08** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-05-08** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2025-05-08** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-05-09** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2025-05-09** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-16** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-05-19** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-05-19** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-05-20** Considered in Calendars
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- **2025-05-22** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2025-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2025-05-23** Record vote
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- **2025-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-24** Postponed
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- **2025-05-24** Laid out as postponed business
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- **2025-05-24** Postponed
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- **2025-05-24** Laid out as postponed business
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- **2025-05-24** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-24** Record vote
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- **2025-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-25** House passage reported `passage`
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- **2025-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-05-27** 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/b89658fe-d2d5-4a1f-9f03-d532655ccd87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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