Bill Commons

TX HB 677

enacted

Relating to the restrictions on political activities of a county elections administrator.

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

Introduced
2025-03-04
Status date
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • DeAyalaprimary
  • Capriglioneprimary
  • Bettencourtprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2024-11-12

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-03-04

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-03-04

    Referred to Elections

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-13

    Considered in public hearing

  5. 2025-03-13

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  6. 2025-03-13

    Left pending in committee

  7. 2025-03-20

    Considered in public hearing

  8. 2025-03-20

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  9. 2025-03-25

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  10. 2025-03-25

    Committee report distributed

  11. 2025-03-25

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  12. 2025-04-17

    Considered in Calendars

  13. 2025-04-30

    Considered in Calendars

  14. 2025-05-02

    Placed on General State Calendar

  15. 2025-05-05

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  16. 2025-05-05

    Passed to engrossment

  17. 2025-05-06

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  18. 2025-05-06

    Passed

    passage

  19. 2025-05-06

    Record vote

  20. 2025-05-06

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  21. 2025-05-06

    Reported engrossed

  22. 2025-05-06

    Received from the House

    introduction

  23. 2025-05-07

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  24. 2025-05-07

    Referred to State Affairs

    referral-committee

  25. 2025-05-12

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  26. 2025-05-12

    Considered in public hearing

  27. 2025-05-12

    Left pending in committee

  28. 2025-05-13

    Considered in public hearing

  29. 2025-05-13

    Vote taken in committee

  30. 2025-05-15

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  31. 2025-05-15

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  32. 2025-05-15

    Committee report printed and distributed

  33. 2025-05-16

    Placed on intent calendar

  34. 2025-05-19

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  35. 2025-05-19

    Vote recorded in Journal

  36. 2025-05-19

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    reading-2

  37. 2025-05-19

    Vote recorded in Journal

  38. 2025-05-19

    Three day rule suspended

  39. 2025-05-19

    Record vote

  40. 2025-05-19

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  41. 2025-05-19

    Passed

    passage

  42. 2025-05-19

    Record vote

  43. 2025-05-20

    Senate passage reported

    passage

  44. 2025-05-20

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  45. 2025-05-21

    Signed in the House

    passage

  46. 2025-05-21

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  47. 2025-05-22

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  48. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  49. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-06 · pass · 144-2

    Member-level votes (151)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: 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
    • 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: 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: 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
    • Dutton: no
    • Thompso: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Moody(C: not voting
    • Schofield: absent
    • Simmon: absent
  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that HB 677 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-19 · pass · 30-1

    Member-level votes (1)
    • Miles: no

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