TX SB 688

• Elections--General (I0310)
• Elections--Presidential (I0295)

• Hughesprimary
• Hayesprimary
• Bucyprimary
• Isaacprimary
• Raymondprimary

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1. 2024-12-20

   Received by the Secretary of the Senate

   filing,introduction

2. 2024-12-20

   Filed

   filing

3. 2025-02-03

   Read first time

   introduction,reading-1

4. 2025-02-03

   Referred to State Affairs

   referral-committee

5. 2025-02-27

   Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

6. 2025-02-27

   Considered in public hearing

7. 2025-02-27

   Left pending in committee

8. 2025-03-03

   Considered in public hearing

9. 2025-03-03

   Vote taken in committee

10. 2025-03-05

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

11. 2025-03-05

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

12. 2025-03-05

    Committee report printed and distributed

13. 2025-03-12

    Placed on intent calendar

14. 2025-03-13

    Rules suspended-Constitutional 60-Day

15. 2025-03-13

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

16. 2025-03-13

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

17. 2025-03-13

    Vote recorded in Journal

18. 2025-03-13

    Three day rule suspended

19. 2025-03-13

    Record vote

20. 2025-03-13

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

21. 2025-03-13

    Passed

    passage

22. 2025-03-13

    Record vote

23. 2025-03-13

    Reported engrossed

24. 2025-03-18

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

25. 2025-04-09

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

26. 2025-04-09

    Referred to Elections

    referral-committee

27. 2025-04-17

    Considered in public hearing

28. 2025-04-17

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

29. 2025-04-23

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

30. 2025-04-23

    Committee report distributed

31. 2025-04-25

    Committee report sent to Calendars

32. 2025-05-09

    Laid out in lieu of companion

33. 2025-05-09

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

34. 2025-05-09

    Passed to 3rd reading

35. 2025-05-09

    Record vote

36. 2025-05-10

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

37. 2025-05-10

    Passed

    passage

38. 2025-05-10

    Record vote

39. 2025-05-10

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

40. 2025-05-12

    House passage reported

    passage

41. 2025-05-12

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

42. 2025-05-13

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

43. 2025-05-13

    Signed in the House

    passage

44. 2025-05-13

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

45. 2025-05-24

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

46. 2025-05-24

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

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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 SB 688 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

  2025-03-13 · pass · 30-0

  Member-level votes (1)

  • King: absent

• passage

  2025-05-09 · pass · 140-0

  Member-level votes (153)

  • Alders: yes
  • Allen: yes
  • Ashby: yes
  • Barry: yes
  • Bell, C.: yes
  • Bell, K.: yes
  • Bernal: yes
  • Bhojani: yes
  • Bonnen: yes
  • Bowers: yes
  • Bryant: yes
  • Buckley: yes
  • Bucy: yes
  • Bumgarner: yes
  • Button: yes
  • Campos: yes
  • Canales: yes
  • Capriglione: yes
  • Cole: yes
  • Collier: yes
  • Cook: yes
  • Cortez: yes
  • Craddick: yes
  • Cunningham: yes
  • Curry: yes
  • Darby: yes
  • Davis, A.: yes
  • Davis, Y.: yes
  • Dean: yes
  • DeAyala: yes
  • Dorazio: yes
  • Dyson: yes
  • Fairly: yes
  • Flores: yes
  • Frank: yes
  • Gámez: yes
  • Garcia, J.: yes
  • Garcia, L.: yes
  • Garcia Hernandez: yes
  • Gates: yes
  • Gerdes: yes
  • Geren: yes
  • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
  • González, J.: yes
  • González, M.: yes
  • Goodwin: yes
  • Guerra: yes
  • Guillen: yes
  • Harless: yes
  • Harris Davila: yes
  • Harrison: yes
  • Hayes: yes
  • Hefner: yes
  • Hernandez: yes
  • Hickland: yes
  • Hinojosa: yes
  • Holt: yes
  • Hopper: yes
  • Howard: yes
  • Hull: yes
  • Hunter: yes
  • Isaac: yes
  • Johnson: yes
  • Jones, J.: yes
  • Jones, V.: yes
  • Kerwin: yes
  • Kitzman: yes
  • LaHood: yes
  • Lalani: yes
  • Lambert: yes
  • Landgraf: yes
  • Leach: yes
  • Leo Wilson: yes
  • Little: yes
  • Longoria: yes
  • Lopez, J.: yes
  • Lopez, R.: yes
  • Louderback: yes
  • Lowe: yes
  • Lujan: yes
  • Luther: yes
  • Martinez: yes
  • Fischer: yes
  • McLaughlin: yes
  • McQueeney: yes
  • Metcalf: yes
  • Meyer: yes
  • Meza: yes
  • Money: yes
  • Moody: yes
  • Morales, C.: yes
  • Morales, E.: yes
  • Morales Shaw: yes
  • Morgan: yes
  • Muñoz: yes
  • Noble: yes
  • Olcott: yes
  • Oliverson: yes
  • Ordaz: yes
  • Orr: yes
  • Patterson: yes
  • Paul: yes
  • Perez, M.: yes
  • Perez, V.: yes
  • Phelan: yes
  • Pierson: yes
  • Plesa: yes
  • Raymond: yes
  • Reynolds: yes
  • Richardson: yes
  • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
  • Romero: yes
  • Rosenthal: yes
  • Schatzline: yes
  • Schofield: yes
  • Schoolcraft: yes
  • Shaheen: yes
  • Shofner: yes
  • Simmons: yes
  • Slawson: yes
  • Smithee: yes
  • Spiller: yes
  • Swanson: yes
  • Tepper: yes
  • Thompson: yes
  • Tinderholt: yes
  • Toth: yes
  • Troxclair: yes
  • Turner: yes
  • VanDeaver: yes
  • Vasut: yes
  • Villalobos: yes
  • Virdell: yes
  • Vo: yes
  • Walle: yes
  • Ward Johnson: yes
  • Wharton: yes
  • Wilson: yes
  • Wu: yes
  • Zwiener: yes
  • Present: not voting
  • Speaker: not voting
  • Harris(C: not voting
  • Absent: absent
  • Cain: absent
  • Lozano: absent
  • Manuel: absent
  • Ros: absent
  • Excused: absent
  • Dutton: absent
  • King: absent
  • Talaric: absent
  • Anchía: absent

• passage

  2025-05-10 · pass · 124-0

  Member-level votes (154)

  • Alders: yes
  • Anchía: yes
  • Ashby: yes
  • Barry: yes
  • Bell, C.: yes
  • Bell, K.: yes
  • Bhojani: yes
  • Bonnen: yes
  • Buckley: yes
  • Bucy: yes
  • Bumgarner: yes
  • Button: yes
  • Cain: yes
  • Campos: yes
  • Capriglione: yes
  • Cole: yes
  • Collier: yes
  • Cook: yes
  • Cortez: yes
  • Craddick: yes
  • Cunningham: yes
  • Curry: yes
  • Darby: yes
  • Davis, A.: yes
  • Dean: yes
  • DeAyala: yes
  • Dorazio: yes
  • Dutton: yes
  • Dyson: yes
  • Fairly: yes
  • Flores: yes
  • Frank: yes
  • Gámez: yes
  • Garcia, J.: yes
  • Garcia, L.: yes
  • Garcia Hernandez: yes
  • Gates: yes
  • Geren: yes
  • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
  • González, J.: yes
  • González, M.: yes
  • Guerra: yes
  • Guillen: yes
  • Harless: yes
  • Harris Davila: yes
  • Harrison: yes
  • Hayes: yes
  • Hernandez: yes
  • Hickland: yes
  • Hinojosa: yes
  • Hopper: yes
  • Howard: yes
  • Hull: yes
  • Isaac: yes
  • Johnson: yes
  • Jones, J.: yes
  • Jones, V.: yes
  • Kerwin: yes
  • King: yes
  • Kitzman: yes
  • LaHood: yes
  • Lalani: yes
  • Lambert: yes
  • Leo Wilson: yes
  • Little: yes
  • Longoria: yes
  • Lopez, R.: yes
  • Louderback: yes
  • Lowe: yes
  • Lozano: yes
  • Lujan: yes
  • Luther: yes
  • Manuel: yes
  • Martinez: yes
  • McLaughlin: yes
  • McQueeney: yes
  • Metcalf: yes
  • Meyer: yes
  • Money: yes
  • Morales, C.: yes
  • Morales, E.: yes
  • Morgan: yes
  • Muñoz: yes
  • Noble: yes
  • Olcott: yes
  • Oliverson: yes
  • Orr: yes
  • Patterson: yes
  • Paul: yes
  • Perez, V.: yes
  • Phelan: yes
  • Pierson: yes
  • Plesa: yes
  • Raymond: yes
  • Reynolds: yes
  • Richardson: yes
  • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
  • Romero: yes
  • Rose: yes
  • Rosenthal: yes
  • Schatzline: yes
  • Schofield: yes
  • Schoolcraft: yes
  • Shaheen: yes
  • Shofner: yes
  • Simmons: yes
  • Slawson: yes
  • Spiller: yes
  • Swanson: yes
  • Thompson: yes
  • Tinderholt: yes
  • Toth: yes
  • Troxclair: yes
  • Turner: yes
  • VanDeaver: yes
  • Vasut: yes
  • Villalobos: yes
  • Virdell: yes
  • Walle: yes
  • Ward Johnson: yes
  • Wharton: yes
  • Wilson: yes
  • Wu: yes
  • Zwiener: yes
  • Present: not voting
  • Speaker: not voting
  • Landgraf(C: not voting
  • Allen: absent
  • Bernal: absent
  • Bowers: absent
  • Bryant: absent
  • Canales: absent
  • Davis, Y.: absent
  • Goodwin: absent
  • Hefner: absent
  • Holt: absent
  • Fischer: absent
  • Meza: absent
  • Moody: absent
  • Morales Shaw: absent
  • Ordaz: absent
  • Perez, M.: absent
  • Smithee: absent
  • Talarico: absent
  • Vo: absent
  • Absent: absent
  • Excused: absent
  • Gerdes: absent
  • Harris: absent
  • Hunter: absent
  • Leach: absent
  • Lopez: absent
  • J: absent
  • Teppe: absent

• Companion bill: HB 2811

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