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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the authority of certain political subdivisions to change the date of their general elections."
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description: "Relating to the authority of certain political subdivisions to change the date of their general elections."
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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 1494"
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citation: "Texas SB 1494 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["City Government--Employees/Officers (I0061)", "Elections--General (I0310)", "Political Subdivisions (I0588)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Anchía", "Johnson", "Rose", "West"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 58
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-02-20"
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last_action: "2025-06-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a42656da-5a5b-4bfd-8ec9-d9768d69f458"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01400_SB01499/SB 1494.xml"
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source_hash: "329f4c6b140b20bfe9fe8378e134db832b82eee525e81f128282448a21e8c298"
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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 1494 (89R) — Relating to the authority of certain political subdivisions to change the date of their general elections.
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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/SB01494I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01494E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01494H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01494S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01494F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **129–12** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **133–8** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Anchía — primary (person)
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- Johnson — primary (person)
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- Rose — primary (person)
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- West — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-20** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-02-20** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-03-06** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-24** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-03-24** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-03-24** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2025-03-24** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-03-27** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-03-27** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-03-31** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-31** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-03-31** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-04-02** Placed on intent calendar
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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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- **2025-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-04-17** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-22** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2025-05-22** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-22** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2025-05-22** Vote reconsidered in committee
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- **2025-05-22** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
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- **2025-05-22** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-05-23** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-05-23** 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** Passed to 3rd reading
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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** Passed `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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- **2025-05-31** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
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- **2025-05-31** Read
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- **2025-05-31** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
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- **2025-05-31** Record vote
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- **2025-05-31** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
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- **2025-05-31** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-06-01** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-06-02** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-06-02** 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 immediately `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/a42656da-5a5b-4bfd-8ec9-d9768d69f458`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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