TX HB 2803
died on adjournmentRelating to requiring an election judge to provide a watcher removed from a polling place a signed statement containing the reason for the removal.
Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · lower
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Did TX HB 2803 pass?
No. TX HB 2803 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 (2025-05-19): Referred to State Affairs
What is TX HB 2803 about?
TX HB 2803 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to requiring an election judge to provide a watcher removed from a polling place a signed statement containing the reason for the removal.”.
Who sponsors TX HB 2803?
Hayes is the primary sponsor of TX HB 2803, joined by 1 cosponsor.
- Introduced
- 2025-03-19
- Latest action
- 2025-05-19 — Referred to State Affairs
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- Hayesprimary
- Morales Shawcosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2025-05-19
Referred to State Affairs
referral-committee
2025-05-19
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-05-19
Received from the House
introduction
2025-05-16
Reported engrossed
2025-05-16
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-16
Record vote
2025-05-16
Passed
passage
2025-05-16
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-15
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-15
Record vote
2025-05-15
Passed to engrossment as amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-15
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-15
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-15
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-12
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-05-10
Considered in Calendars
2025-05-05
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-05-02
Committee report distributed
2025-05-02
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
filing
2025-04-28
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-28
Considered in formal meeting
2025-04-17
Left pending in committee
2025-04-17
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-04-17
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-19
Referred to Elections
referral-committee
2025-03-19
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-02-13
Filed
filing
Versions
Documents
Votes
passage
2025-05-15 · pass · 133-0
Member-level votes (153)
- Alders: yes
- Allen: 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
- Dorazio: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Flores: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, J.: yes
- Garcia, L.: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- González, J.: yes
- González, M.: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Harrison: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Hinojosa: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Jones, J.: yes
- Kerwin: 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
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- Manuel: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Fischer: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Meza: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morales, C.: yes
- Morales Shaw: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Noble: yes
- Olcott: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Ordaz: yes
- Orr: yes
- Patterson: 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
- Simmons: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: 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
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Harris(C: not voting
- DeAyala: absent
- Dutton: absent
- Geren: absent
- Gervin-Hawkins: absent
- Lozano: absent
- Paul: absent
- Schofield: absent
- Absent: absent
- Excused: absent
- Anchía: absent
- Garcia Hernandez: absent
- Hernandez: absent
- Jones, V.: absent
- King: absent
- Money: absent
- Morales, E.: absent
- Shofner: absent
passage
2025-05-16 · pass · 131-0
Member-level votes (154)
- Alders: yes
- Allen: 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
- Cole: yes
- Collier: yes
- Cook: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Craddick: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Darby: yes
- Davis, A.: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Flores: yes
- Frank: yes
- Garcia, J.: yes
- Garcia, L.: yes
- Garcia Hernandez: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: 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
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Jones, J.: yes
- Jones, V.: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Leach: yes
- Leo Wilson: yes
- Little: 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
- Moody: 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
- Raymond: yes
- Reynolds: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Rodríguez Ramos: yes
- Romero: yes
- Rose: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Slawson: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Vo: yes
- Walle: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wu: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Vasut(C: not voting
- Anchía: absent
- Dean: absent
- Dutton: absent
- Gámez: absent
- Gervin-Hawkins: absent
- Kerwin: absent
- Lalani: absent
- Landgraf: absent
- Longoria: absent
- Plesa: absent
- Schofield: absent
- Swanson: absent
- Talarico: absent
- Absent: absent
- Excused: absent
- Capriglione: absent
- Curry: absent
- Hul: absent
- Davis: absent
- Y: absent
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