Bill Commons

TX HJR 1

introduced

Proposing a constitutional amendment specifying the authority of the attorney general to prosecute a criminal offense prescribed by the election laws of this state.

Texas · 892 · lower

Introduced
2025-08-20
Status date
—
Latest action
2025-08-26 — Reason for vote recorded in Journal
Bill type
joint resolution
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Shaheenprimary
  • Whartoncosponsor
  • Villaloboscosponsor
  • Slawsoncosponsor
  • Paulcosponsor
  • Metcalfcosponsor
  • Lopez, Janiecosponsor
  • Leo Wilsoncosponsor
  • Wilsoncosponsor
  • Hayescosponsor
  • Gerdescosponsor
  • Caincosponsor
  • Bumgarnercosponsor
  • Bonnencosponsor
  • Ashbycosponsor
  • Hoppercosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-08-18

    Filed

    filing

  2. 2025-08-20

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  3. 2025-08-20

    Referred to State Affairs

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-08-21

    Considered in formal meeting

  5. 2025-08-21

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  6. 2025-08-23

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  7. 2025-08-24

    Committee report distributed

  8. 2025-08-24

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  9. 2025-08-25

    Considered in Calendars

  10. 2025-08-26

    Placed on Constitutional Amendments Calendar

  11. 2025-08-26

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  12. 2025-08-26

    Postponed

  13. 2025-08-26

    Laid out as postponed business

  14. 2025-08-26

    Passed to engrossment

  15. 2025-08-26

    Record vote

  16. 2025-08-26

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  17. 2025-08-26

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  18. 2025-08-26

    Failed of adoption

  19. 2025-08-26

    Record vote

  20. 2025-08-26

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  21. 2025-08-26

    Reason for vote recorded in Journal

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-08-26 · pass · 85-54

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Alders: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Allen: no
    • Anchía: no
    • Bernal: no
    • Bhojani: no
    • Bowers: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Bucy: no
    • Canales: no
    • Cole: no
    • Collier: no
    • Cortez: no
    • Davis, A.: no
    • Davis, Y.: no
    • Dutton: no
    • Flores: no
    • Gámez: no
    • Garcia, L.: no
    • Garcia Hernandez: no
    • Gervin-Hawkins: no
    • González, J.: no
    • González, M.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Guerra: no
    • Hernandez: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Howard: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Jones, V.: no
    • Lalani: no
    • Longoria: no
    • Lopez, R.: no
    • Manuel: no
    • Martinez: no
    • Fischer: no
    • Meza: no
    • Moody: no
    • Morales, E.: no
    • Muñoz: no
    • Ordaz: no
    • Perez, M.: no
    • Perez, V.: no
    • Plesa: no
    • Romero: no
    • Rose: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Simmons: no
    • Talarico: no
    • Thompson: no
    • Turner: no
    • Walle: no
    • Ward Johnson: no
    • Wu: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Campos: absent
    • Geren: absent
    • Morales Shaw: absent
    • Noble: absent
    • Phelan: absent
    • Reynolds: absent
    • Vo: absent
    • Garcia: absent
    • J: absent
    • Morales: absent
    • C: absent
    • Rodríguez Ramo: absent

Related bills

No related bills recorded for this bill.

Official source

https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=HJR1

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