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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the persons authorized to administer an oath in this state."
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description: "Relating to the persons authorized to administer an oath in this state."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "88"
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identifier: "HB 2559"
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citation: "Texas HB 2559 (88)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS (V2608)", "Courts--Judges (I0140)", "Ethics (I0345)", "JUSTICE OF THE PEACE (S0133)", "OATHS (S0005)", "State Officers (I0761)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Vasut", "Zaffirini"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 73
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2023-02-21"
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last_action: "2023-06-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/226b22d3-baaf-416e-bebe-459dc3636fe8"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02500_HB02599/HB 2559.xml"
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source_hash: "e3f847aedfbc1717948df34cd7d49baa202ce8de88b0f9bd7eb54058a44ee6f7"
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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 HB 2559 (88) — Relating to the persons authorized to administer an oath in this state.
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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/88R/billtext/html/HB02559I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02559E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02559H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02559S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02559F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **141–5** (pass) · lower
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- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 2559 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **136–6** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **136–6** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **0–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Vasut — primary (person)
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- Zaffirini — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-21** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-03-13** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-29** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-03-29** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2023-03-29** Left pending in committee
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- **2023-04-03** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2023-04-03** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
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- **2023-04-03** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-04-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-04-11** Committee report distributed
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- **2023-04-12** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
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- **2023-04-17** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
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- **2023-04-20** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
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- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-20** Passed to engrossment
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- **2023-04-20** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-20** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-04-20** Record vote
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- **2023-04-20** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-04-20** Reported engrossed
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- **2023-04-24** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2023-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-04-24** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-03** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2023-05-03** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-05-03** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2023-05-03** Vote taken in committee
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- **2023-05-03** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-03** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2023-05-03** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2023-05-08** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2023-05-09** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2023-05-09** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-09** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-05-09** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-05-09** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-09** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-05-09** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-09** Three day rule suspended
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- **2023-05-09** Record vote
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- **2023-05-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-09** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-09** Record vote
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- **2023-05-09** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-05-10** Senate Amendments distributed
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- **2023-05-10** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
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- **2023-05-23** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
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- **2023-05-23** House requests conference committee
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- **2023-05-23** House appoints conferees
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- **2023-05-23** House refuses to concur-reported
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- **2023-05-23** House requests conference committee-reported
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- **2023-05-23** House appoints conferees-reported
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- **2023-05-25** Senate grants request for conference comm.
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- **2023-05-25** Senate appoints conferees
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- **2023-05-25** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
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- **2023-05-25** Senate appoints conferees-reported
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- **2023-05-26** Conference committee report filed `filing`
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- **2023-05-26** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
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- **2023-05-27** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-27** Record vote
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- **2023-05-27** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
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- **2023-05-28** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-28** Record vote
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- **2023-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-28** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
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- **2023-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-13** Effective on 9/1/23 `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/226b22d3-baaf-416e-bebe-459dc3636fe8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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