republic-os/legislation/us/states/tx/89r/sb-914.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to authorizing certain cities and counties to change the date on which their general election for officers is held."
description: "Relating to authorizing certain cities and counties to change the date on which their general election for officers is held."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 914"
citation: "Texas SB 914 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALPINE", "CITY OF (GB1KQ)", "City Government--General (I0060)", "Elections--Administration (I0277)", "Elections--General (I0310)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "Morales, Eddie"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 57
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-24"
last_action: "2025-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d39a08ce-ce1b-49c5-9bd3-9faafcad7a21"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00900_SB00999/SB 914.xml"
source_hash: "daf8f2f1e1c6914d1634a900e49bb35af508b1d321664ec0494e1930704e985c"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---

# Texas SB 914 (89R) — Relating to authorizing certain cities and counties to change the date on which their general election for officers is held.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00914I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00914E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00914H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00914S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00914F.HTM)

## Votes

- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSSB 914 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **145–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blanco — primary (person)
- Morales, Eddie — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-24** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-01-24** Filed `filing`
- **2025-02-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-02-13** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Posting rule suspended
- **2025-03-06** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-06** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-10** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-03-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-03-12** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-03-13** Rules suspended-Constitutional 60-Day
- **2025-03-13** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-03-13** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-03-13** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-03-13** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-03-13** Record vote
- **2025-03-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-03-13** Passed `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Record vote
- **2025-03-13** Reported engrossed
- **2025-03-18** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-09** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-17** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-23** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-28** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2025-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-28** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-28** Record vote
- **2025-04-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-28** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-28** Record vote
- **2025-04-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal, withdrawal`
- **2025-04-29** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-29** Record vote
- **2025-04-29** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-29** Record vote
- **2025-04-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-29** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-05** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-05** Read
- **2025-05-05** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2025-05-05** Record vote
- **2025-05-05** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-05** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-07** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-07** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-07** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-19** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-19** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d39a08ce-ce1b-49c5-9bd3-9faafcad7a21`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).