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TX SB 447

enacted

Relating to authorizing certain municipalities to change the date on which their general election for officers is held.

Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · upper

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 447 pass?

Yes. TX SB 447 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX SB 447 about?

TX SB 447 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to authorizing certain municipalities to change the date on which their general election for officers is held.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 447?

Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy", Morales, Eddie are the primary sponsors of TX SB 447.

Introduced
2024-11-21
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Hinojosa, Juan "Chuy"primary
  • Morales, Eddieprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

  2. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-06-02

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-06-02

    Signed in the House

    passage

  5. 2025-06-01

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  6. 2025-06-01

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-05-31

    Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  8. 2025-05-31

    Record vote

  9. 2025-05-31

    Senate adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2025-05-31

    House adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  11. 2025-05-31

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  12. 2025-05-31

    Record vote

  13. 2025-05-31

    House adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  14. 2025-05-30

    Conf. Comm. Report distributed

  15. 2025-05-30

    Conference committee report filed

    filing

  16. 2025-05-30

    House appoints conferees-reported

  17. 2025-05-30

    House grants request for conf comm-reported

  18. 2025-05-30

    House appoints conferees

  19. 2025-05-30

    House grants request for conference committee

  20. 2025-05-29

    Senate appoints conferees-reported

  21. 2025-05-29

    Senate requests conference committee-reported

  22. 2025-05-29

    Senate refuses to concur-reported

  23. 2025-05-29

    Senate appoints conferees

  24. 2025-05-29

    Senate requests conference committee

  25. 2025-05-29

    Senate refuses to concur

  26. 2025-05-29

    Read

  27. 2025-05-29

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  28. 2025-05-27

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  29. 2025-05-27

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  30. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  31. 2025-05-27

    Passed

    passage

  32. 2025-05-27

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  33. 2025-05-27

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  34. 2025-05-27

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  35. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  36. 2025-05-27

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  37. 2025-05-27

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  38. 2025-05-24

    Placed on General State Calendar

  39. 2025-05-22

    Considered in Calendars

  40. 2025-05-21

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  41. 2025-05-20

    Committee report distributed

  42. 2025-05-20

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  43. 2025-05-16

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  44. 2025-05-16

    Considered in formal meeting

  45. 2025-05-15

    Left pending in committee

  46. 2025-05-15

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  47. 2025-05-15

    Considered in public hearing

  48. 2025-04-17

    Referred to Elections

    referral-committee

  49. 2025-04-17

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  50. 2025-04-14

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  51. 2025-04-10

    Reported engrossed

  52. 2025-04-10

    Record vote

  53. 2025-04-10

    Passed

    passage

  54. 2025-04-10

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  55. 2025-04-10

    Record vote

  56. 2025-04-10

    Three day rule suspended

  57. 2025-04-10

    Vote recorded in Journal

  58. 2025-04-10

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  59. 2025-04-10

    Laid before the Senate

    receipt

  60. 2025-04-10

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  61. 2025-03-17

    Committee report printed and distributed

  62. 2025-03-17

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  63. 2025-03-17

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  64. 2025-03-13

    Vote taken in committee

  65. 2025-03-13

    Considered in public hearing

  66. 2025-03-10

    Left pending in committee

  67. 2025-03-10

    Considered in public hearing

  68. 2025-03-10

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  69. 2025-02-03

    Referred to State Affairs

    referral-committee

  70. 2025-02-03

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  71. 2024-11-21

    Filed

    filing

  72. 2024-11-21

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-27 · pass · 138-0

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: 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
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: 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
    • King: 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
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: 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
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Vasut(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Bowers: absent
    • Canales: absent
    • V: absent
    • Bryant: absent
    • Campos: absent
    • Cortez: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Metcalf: absent
    • Muñoz: absent
    • Simmons: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-31 · pass · 129-1

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Alders: 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
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: 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
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: 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
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • González: not voting
    • M: not voting
    • Vasut(C: not voting
    • Allen: absent
    • Cunningham: absent
    • Garcia, L.: absent
    • Harless: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Holt: absent
    • Morales, C.: absent
    • Morales Shaw: absent
    • Phelan: absent
    • Rose: absent
    • Schatzline: absent
    • Tinderholt: absent
    • Walle: absent
    • Ward Johnson: absent
    • Anchía: absent
    • Hinojosa: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00400_SB00499/SB 447.xml

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