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TX HB 429

died on adjournment

Relating to the reading and marking of a ballot by a person occupying a voting station or by the person's child.

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

Quick answers

Did TX HB 429 pass?

No. TX HB 429 died when the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-04-17): Considered in Calendars

What is TX HB 429 about?

TX HB 429 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the reading and marking of a ballot by a person occupying a voting station or by the person's child.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 429?

Guillen, Plesa, Lalani and 1 others are the primary sponsors of TX HB 429.

Introduced
2025-02-28
Latest action
2025-04-17 — Considered in Calendars
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Guillenprimary
  • Plesaprimary
  • Lalaniprimary
  • Bhojaniprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2024-11-12

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-02-28

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-02-28

    Referred to Elections

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-03-13

    Considered in public hearing

  5. 2025-03-13

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  6. 2025-03-13

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  7. 2025-03-13

    Left pending in committee

  8. 2025-03-20

    Considered in public hearing

  9. 2025-03-20

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  10. 2025-03-20

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  11. 2025-03-25

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  12. 2025-03-25

    Committee report distributed

  13. 2025-03-25

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  14. 2025-04-17

    Considered in Calendars

Versions

Documents

Votes

Not provided by source.

Related bills

Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00400_HB00499/HB 429.xml

Attribution

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