TX SB 12

enacted

Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state.

Texas · 892 · upper

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Did TX SB 12 pass?

Yes. TX SB 12 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-09-19): Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

What is TX SB 12 about?

TX SB 12 is a bill in the 892 titled “Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 12?

Hughes, Hinojosa, Adam, Hall and 13 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 12, joined by 6 cosponsors.

Introduced: 2025-08-15
Latest action: 2025-09-19 — Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bill type: bill
Last updated: —

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Committees

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Action timeline

Newest first

2025-09-19
Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
became-law
2025-09-19
Signed by the Governor
executive-signature
2025-08-28
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2025-08-28
Signed in the House
passage
2025-08-27
Signed in the Senate
passage
2025-08-26
Reported enrolled
enrolled
2025-08-26
House passage reported
passage
2025-08-26
Reason for vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-26
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-26
Record vote
2025-08-26
Passed
passage
2025-08-26
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-08-26
Record vote
2025-08-26
Passed to 3rd reading
2025-08-26
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-26
Record vote
2025-08-26
Amendment fails of adoption
amendment-failure
2025-08-26
Point of order withdrawn
withdrawal
2025-08-26
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-08-26
Laid out in lieu of companion
2025-08-26
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-08-26
Committee report distributed
2025-08-26
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-08-26
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-08-26
Considered in formal meeting
2025-08-20
Referred to State Affairs
referral-committee
2025-08-20
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-08-20
Received from the Senate
introduction
2025-08-19
Reported engrossed
2025-08-19
Reason for vote recorded in Journal
2025-08-19
Record vote
2025-08-19
Passed
passage
2025-08-19
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-08-19
Laid before the Senate
receipt
2025-08-18
Record vote
2025-08-18
Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
reading-2
2025-08-18
Record vote
2025-08-18
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-08-18
Co-author authorized
2025-08-15
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-08-15
Reported favorably w/o amendments
committee-passage-favorable
2025-08-15
Vote taken in committee
2025-08-15
Testimony taken in committee
2025-08-15
Considered in public hearing
2025-08-15
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-08-15
Record vote
2025-08-15
Posting rule suspended
2025-08-15
Referred to State Affairs
referral-committee
2025-08-15
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-08-15
Filed
filing
2025-08-15
Received by the Secretary of the Senate
filing,introduction

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Documents

Votes

passage
2025-08-18 · pass · 18-12
Member-level votes (30)
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- Alvarado: no
- Blanco: no
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Gutierrez: no
- J. Hinojosa: no
- Johnson: no
- Menéndez: no
- Miles: no
- Nichols: no
- West: no
- Zaffirini: no
passage
2025-08-19 · pass · 18-12
Member-level votes (30)
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- Alvarado: no
- Blanco: no
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Gutierrez: no
- J. Hinojosa: no
- Johnson: no
- Menéndez: no
- Miles: no
- Nichols: no
- West: no
- Zaffirini: no
passage
2025-08-26 · pass · 85-54
Member-level votes (158)
- 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
- 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
- Speaker(C): not voting
- Harles: not voting
- Garcia, J.: absent
- Morales, C.: absent
- Rodríguez Ramos: absent
other
2025-08-26 · fail · 54-84
Member-level votes (153)
- Dean: no
- DeAyala: no
- Dorazio: no
- Dyson: no
- Fairly: no
- Frank: no
- Gates: no
- Gerdes: no
- Guillen: no
- Harless: no
- Harris: no
- Harris Davila: no
- Harrison: no
- Hayes: no
- Hefner: no
- Hickland: no
- Holt: no
- Hopper: no
- Hull: no
- Isaac: no
- Kerwin: no
- King: no
- Kitzman: no
- LaHood: no
- Lambert: no
- Landgraf: no
- Leach: no
- Leo Wilson: no
- Little: no
- Lopez, J.: no
- Louderback: no
- Lowe: no
- Lozano: no
- Lujan: no
- Luther: no
- McLaughlin: no
- McQueeney: no
- Metcalf: no
- Meyer: no
- Money: no
- Morgan: no
- Olcott: no
- Oliverson: no
- Orr: no
- Patterson: no
- Paul: no
- Pierson: no
- Raymond: no
- Richardson: no
- Schatzline: no
- Schofield: no
- Schoolcraft: no
- Shaheen: no
- Shofner: no
- Slawson: no
- Smithee: no
- Spiller: no
- Swanson: no
- Tepper: no
- Tinderholt: no
- Toth: no
- Troxclair: no
- VanDeaver: no
- Vasut: no
- Villalobos: no
- Virdell: no
- Wharton: no
- Wilson: 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
- Hunter: absent
- Morales: absent
- C: absent
- Rodríguez Ramo: absent
- Allen: yes
- Anchía: yes
- Bernal: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bowers: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Canales: yes
- Cole: yes
- Collier: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Davis, A.: yes
- Davis, Y.: yes
- Dutton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, L.: yes
- Garcia Hernandez: yes
- Gervin-Hawkins: yes
- González, J.: yes
- González, M.: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hinojosa: yes
- Howard: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Jones, J.: yes
- Jones, V.: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, R.: yes
- Manuel: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Fischer: yes
- Meza: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Ordaz: yes
- Perez, M.: yes
- Perez, V.: yes
- Plesa: yes
- Romero: yes
- Rose: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Turner: yes
- Walle: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wu: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Alders: no
- Ashby: no
- Barry: no
- Bell, C.: no
- Bell, K.: no
- Bonnen: no
- Buckley: no
- Bumgarner: no
- Button: no
- Cain: no
- Capriglione: no
- Cook: no
- Craddick: no
- Cunningham: no
- Curry: no
- Darby: no

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