Bill Commons

TX SB 54

enacted

Relating to election procedures regarding accepting a voter with a residence address that is not current and the immediate effect of a voter's registration after the registrar's receipt of certain change of address notices.

Texas · 892 · upper

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 54 pass?

Yes. TX SB 54 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-09-17): Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

What is TX SB 54 about?

TX SB 54 is a bill in the 892 titled “Relating to election procedures regarding accepting a voter with a residence address that is not current and the immediate effect of a voter's registration after the registrar's receipt of certain change of address notices.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 54?

Shaheen, Hughes are the primary sponsors of TX SB 54, joined by 9 cosponsors.

Introduced
2025-08-26
Latest action
2025-09-17 — Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Shaheenprimary
  • Hughesprimary
  • Schwertnercosponsor
  • Parkercosponsor
  • Middletoncosponsor
  • Kingcosponsor
  • Hinojosa, Adamcosponsor
  • Hallcosponsor
  • Hagenbuchcosponsor
  • Campbellcosponsor
  • Sparkscosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-09-17

    Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

    became-law

  2. 2025-09-17

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-09-04

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-09-03

    Signed in the House

    passage

  5. 2025-09-03

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  6. 2025-09-02

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-09-02

    House passage reported

    passage

  8. 2025-09-02

    Reason for vote recorded in Journal

  9. 2025-09-02

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  10. 2025-09-02

    Record vote

  11. 2025-09-02

    Passed

    passage

  12. 2025-09-02

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  13. 2025-09-02

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  14. 2025-09-02

    Record vote

  15. 2025-09-02

    Passed to 3rd reading

  16. 2025-09-02

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  17. 2025-09-02

    Placed on General State Calendar

  18. 2025-08-28

    Considered in Calendars

  19. 2025-08-28

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  20. 2025-08-28

    Committee report distributed

  21. 2025-08-28

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  22. 2025-08-28

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  23. 2025-08-28

    Considered in formal meeting

  24. 2025-08-28

    Referred to Elections

    referral-committee

  25. 2025-08-28

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  26. 2025-08-28

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  27. 2025-08-27

    Reported engrossed

  28. 2025-08-27

    Record vote

  29. 2025-08-27

    Passed

    passage

  30. 2025-08-27

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  31. 2025-08-27

    Record vote

  32. 2025-08-27

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  33. 2025-08-27

    Co-author authorized

  34. 2025-08-26

    Record vote

  35. 2025-08-26

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  36. 2025-08-26

    Record vote

  37. 2025-08-26

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  38. 2025-08-26

    Ordered not printed

  39. 2025-08-26

    Printing rule suspended

  40. 2025-08-26

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  41. 2025-08-26

    Vote taken in committee

  42. 2025-08-26

    Considered in public hearing

  43. 2025-08-26

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  44. 2025-08-26

    Posting rule suspended

  45. 2025-08-26

    Referred to State Affairs

    referral-committee

  46. 2025-08-26

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  47. 2025-08-26

    Co-author authorized

  48. 2025-08-26

    Filed

    filing

  49. 2025-08-26

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-08-26 · pass · 19-8

    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
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • Alvarado: no
    • Blanco: no
    • Cook: no
    • Gutierrez: no
    • J. Hinojosa: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Menéndez: no
    • Zaffirini: no
    • Eckhardt: absent
    • Miles: absent
    • West: absent

  • passage

    2025-08-27 · pass · 19-7

    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
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • Alvarado: no
    • Blanco: no
    • Cook: no
    • Gutierrez: no
    • J. Hinojosa: no
    • Johnson: no
    • Zaffirini: no
    • Eckhardt: absent
    • Menéndez: absent
    • Miles: absent
    • West: absent

  • passage

    2025-09-02 · pass · 86-46

    Member-level votes (156)
    • 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
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: 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
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: 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
    • 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, M.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Hernandez: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Howard: no
    • Lalani: no
    • Longoria: no
    • Lopez, R.: no
    • Martinez: no
    • Fischer: no
    • Meza: no
    • Moody: no
    • Muñoz: no
    • Ordaz: no
    • Perez, M.: no
    • Perez, V.: no
    • Raymond: no
    • Romero: no
    • Rose: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Simmons: no
    • Talarico: no
    • Thompson: no
    • Turner: no
    • Vo: no
    • Walle: no
    • Ward Johnson: no
    • Wu: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker(C): not voting
    • Johnso: not voting
    • Anchía: absent
    • Dean: absent
    • González, J.: absent
    • Guerra: absent
    • Jones, J.: absent
    • Manuel: absent
    • Morales, E.: absent
    • Morales Shaw: absent
    • Plesa: absent
    • Reynolds: absent
    • Zwiener: absent
    • Campos: absent
    • Garcia: absent
    • J: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Morales: absent
    • C: absent
    • Rodríguez Ramo: absent
    • Johnson: no
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting

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https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=892&Bill=SB54

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