TX HB 3697
enactedRelating to the text on an application for a ballot to be voted by mail.
Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · lower
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Quick answers
Did TX HB 3697 pass?
Yes. TX HB 3697 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25
What is TX HB 3697 about?
TX HB 3697 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the text on an application for a ballot to be voted by mail.”.
Who sponsors TX HB 3697?
Cortez, Plesa, Zaffirini are the primary sponsors of TX HB 3697.
- Introduced
- 2025-03-25
- Latest action
- 2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- Cortezprimary
- Plesaprimary
- Zaffiriniprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
Newest first
2025-06-20
Effective on 9/1/25
became-law
2025-06-20
Signed by the Governor
executive-signature
2025-06-01
Sent to the Governor
executive-receipt
2025-06-01
Signed in the Senate
passage
2025-05-31
Signed in the House
passage
2025-05-30
Reported enrolled
enrolled
2025-05-30
House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
2025-05-30
Text of Senate Amendment(s)
2025-05-30
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-30
Record vote
2025-05-30
House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
2025-05-29
Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
2025-05-29
Senate Amendments distributed
2025-05-29
Senate passage as amended reported
amendment-passage
2025-05-28
Record vote
2025-05-28
Passed
passage
2025-05-28
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-28
Record vote
2025-05-28
Three day rule suspended
2025-05-28
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-28
Passed to 3rd reading as amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-28
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-28
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-28
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-05-28
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-28
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-05-28
Placed on intent calendar
2025-05-28
Placed on local & uncontested calendar
2025-05-23
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-05-23
Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
2025-05-23
Reported favorably as substituted
committee-passage-favorable
2025-05-22
Vote taken in committee
2025-05-22
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-22
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-05-13
Referred to State Affairs
referral-committee
2025-05-13
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-05-09
Received from the House
introduction
2025-05-08
Reported engrossed
2025-05-08
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-08
Record vote
2025-05-08
Passed
passage
2025-05-08
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-07
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-07
Record vote
2025-05-07
Passed to engrossment
2025-05-07
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-07
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-05-05
Considered in Calendars
2025-05-01
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-04-30
Committee report distributed
2025-04-30
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
2025-04-24
Left pending in committee
2025-04-24
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-04-24
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-25
Referred to Elections
referral-committee
2025-03-25
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-03-04
Filed
filing
Versions
Documents
Votes
passage
2025-05-07 · pass · 126-14
Member-level votes (154)
- Allen: yes
- Anchía: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bernal: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bowers: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Button: yes
- Campos: yes
- Canales: yes
- Cole: yes
- Collier: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Davis, A.: yes
- Davis, Y.: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dutton: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Flores: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: 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
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hickland: yes
- Holt: yes
- Hopper: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Jones, J.: yes
- Jones, V.: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Little: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Lopez, R.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lozano: 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
- Oliverson: yes
- Ordaz: yes
- Paul: yes
- Perez, M.: yes
- Perez, V.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Plesa: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Reynolds: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Rodríguez Ramos: yes
- Romero: yes
- Rose: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Schatzline: yes
- Schofield: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Villalobos: yes
- Virdell: yes
- Vo: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wu: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Alders: no
- Bonnen: no
- Bumgarner: no
- Cain: no
- Capriglione: no
- Harrison: no
- Leo Wilson: no
- Lowe: no
- Money: no
- Olcott: no
- Patterson: no
- Schoolcraft: no
- Slawson: no
- Vasut: no
- Present: not voting
- Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
- Absent: absent
- Excused: absent
- Craddick: absent
- Morales: absent
- E: absent
- Orr: absent
- Wall: absent
- Barry: absent
- Cook: absent
- Gervin-Hawkins: absent
- Hinojosa: absent
- Pierso: absent
passage
2025-05-08 · pass · 121-22
Member-level votes (153)
- Alders: yes
- Allen: yes
- Anchía: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Barry: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bernal: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Bowers: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Button: yes
- Campos: yes
- Canales: yes
- Capriglione: yes
- Cole: yes
- Collier: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Curry: yes
- Darby: yes
- Davis, A.: yes
- Davis, Y.: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dutton: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Flores: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, J.: yes
- Garcia, L.: yes
- Garcia Hernandez: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Gervin-Hawkins: yes
- González, J.: yes
- González, M.: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Hayes: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hinojosa: yes
- Howard: yes
- Hull: yes
- Hunter: yes
- Isaac: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Jones, J.: yes
- Jones, V.: yes
- Kerwin: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Lambert: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Little: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Lopez, R.: yes
- Louderback: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- Manuel: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Fischer: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- McQueeney: yes
- Metcalf: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Meza: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morales Shaw: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Noble: yes
- Oliverson: yes
- Ordaz: yes
- Orr: yes
- Paul: yes
- Perez, M.: yes
- Perez, V.: yes
- Phelan: yes
- Plesa: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Reynolds: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Rodríguez Ramos: yes
- Romero: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Shaheen: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Swanson: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: 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
- Buckley: no
- Bumgarner: no
- Cook: no
- Craddick: no
- Fairly: no
- Harrison: no
- Hickland: no
- Holt: no
- Hopper: no
- Leo Wilson: no
- Lowe: no
- Money: no
- Morgan: no
- Olcott: no
- Patterson: no
- Pierson: no
- Schatzline: no
- Schoolcraft: no
- Slawson: no
- Tinderholt: no
- Toth: no
- Vasut: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Geren(C: not voting
- Absent: absent
- Cain: absent
- Longori: absent
- Morales: absent
- C: absent
- Rose: absent
- Schofiel: absent
Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 3697 be placed on its third reading and final passage.
2025-05-28 · pass · 29-2
Member-level votes (31)
- Alvarado: yes
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Blanco: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Cook: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Eckhardt: yes
- Flores: yes
- Gutierrez: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hancock: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- J. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- Johnson: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Menéndez: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- West: yes
- Zaffirini: yes
- Miles: no
- Sparks: no
passage
2025-05-30 · pass · 106-30
Member-level votes (155)
- Anchía: yes
- Ashby: yes
- Bell, C.: yes
- Bell, K.: yes
- Bernal: yes
- Bhojani: yes
- Bonnen: yes
- Bowers: yes
- Bryant: yes
- Buckley: yes
- Bucy: yes
- Button: yes
- Canales: yes
- Cole: yes
- Collier: yes
- Cortez: yes
- Cunningham: yes
- Darby: yes
- Davis, A.: yes
- Dean: yes
- DeAyala: yes
- Dorazio: yes
- Dutton: yes
- Dyson: yes
- Fairly: yes
- Frank: yes
- Gámez: yes
- Garcia, L.: yes
- Garcia Hernandez: yes
- Gates: yes
- Gerdes: yes
- Geren: yes
- Gervin-Hawkins: yes
- González, J.: yes
- González, M.: yes
- Goodwin: yes
- Guerra: yes
- Guillen: yes
- Harless: yes
- Harris Davila: yes
- Hefner: yes
- Hernandez: yes
- Hinojosa: yes
- Holt: yes
- Howard: yes
- Johnson: yes
- Jones, J.: yes
- King: yes
- Kitzman: yes
- LaHood: yes
- Lalani: yes
- Landgraf: yes
- Leach: yes
- Little: yes
- Longoria: yes
- Lopez, J.: yes
- Lopez, R.: yes
- Lozano: yes
- Lujan: yes
- Luther: yes
- Martinez: yes
- Fischer: yes
- McLaughlin: yes
- Meyer: yes
- Meza: yes
- Money: yes
- Moody: yes
- Morales, C.: yes
- Morales, E.: yes
- Morales Shaw: yes
- Morgan: yes
- Muñoz: yes
- Noble: yes
- Ordaz: yes
- Orr: yes
- Paul: yes
- Perez, M.: yes
- Perez, V.: yes
- Pierson: yes
- Plesa: yes
- Raymond: yes
- Richardson: yes
- Rodríguez Ramos: yes
- Romero: yes
- Rose: yes
- Rosenthal: yes
- Schoolcraft: yes
- Shofner: yes
- Simmons: yes
- Smithee: yes
- Spiller: yes
- Talarico: yes
- Tepper: yes
- Thompson: yes
- Tinderholt: yes
- Toth: yes
- Troxclair: yes
- Turner: yes
- VanDeaver: yes
- Vo: yes
- Walle: yes
- Ward Johnson: yes
- Wharton: yes
- Wilson: yes
- Wu: yes
- Zwiener: yes
- Alders: no
- Barry: no
- Bumgarner: no
- Cain: no
- Cook: no
- Craddick: no
- Curry: no
- Flores: no
- Harrison: no
- Hayes: no
- Hickland: no
- Hopper: no
- Hull: no
- Hunter: no
- Isaac: no
- Kerwin: no
- Leo Wilson: no
- Lowe: no
- McQueeney: no
- Metcalf: no
- Olcott: no
- Oliverson: no
- Patterson: no
- Schatzline: no
- Schofield: no
- Shaheen: no
- Slawson: no
- Swanson: no
- Villalobos: no
- Virdell: no
- Present: not voting
- Speaker: not voting
- Vasut(C: not voting
- Absent: absent
- Allen: absent
- Garcia: absent
- J: absent
- Harris: absent
- Jones: absent
- V: absent
- Lambert: absent
- Phela: absent
- Campos: absent
- Capriglione: absent
- Davis: absent
- Y: absent
- Louderback: absent
- Manuel: absent
- Reynold: absent
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