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TX SB 1494

enacted

Relating to the authority of certain political subdivisions to change the date of their general elections.

Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · upper

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 1494 pass?

Yes. TX SB 1494 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective immediately

What is TX SB 1494 about?

TX SB 1494 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the authority of certain political subdivisions to change the date of their general elections.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 1494?

Johnson, West, Anchía and 1 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 1494.

Introduced
2025-02-20
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective immediately
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Johnsonprimary
  • Westprimary
  • Anchíaprimary
  • Roseprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-20

    Effective immediately

    became-law

  2. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-06-02

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-06-02

    Signed in the House

    passage

  5. 2025-06-01

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  6. 2025-05-31

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-05-31

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  8. 2025-05-31

    Record vote

  9. 2025-05-31

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  10. 2025-05-31

    Read

  11. 2025-05-31

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  12. 2025-05-28

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  13. 2025-05-28

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  14. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  15. 2025-05-28

    Passed

    passage

  16. 2025-05-28

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  17. 2025-05-27

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  18. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  19. 2025-05-27

    Passed to 3rd reading

  20. 2025-05-27

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  21. 2025-05-25

    Placed on General State Calendar

  22. 2025-05-23

    Considered in Calendars

  23. 2025-05-23

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  24. 2025-05-23

    Committee report distributed

  25. 2025-05-23

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  26. 2025-05-22

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  27. 2025-05-22

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  28. 2025-05-22

    Vote reconsidered in committee

  29. 2025-05-22

    Considered in formal meeting

  30. 2025-05-22

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  31. 2025-05-22

    Considered in formal meeting

  32. 2025-04-17

    Referred to Elections

    referral-committee

  33. 2025-04-17

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  34. 2025-04-14

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  35. 2025-04-10

    Reported engrossed

  36. 2025-04-10

    Record vote

  37. 2025-04-10

    Passed

    passage

  38. 2025-04-10

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  39. 2025-04-10

    Record vote

  40. 2025-04-10

    Three day rule suspended

  41. 2025-04-10

    Vote recorded in Journal

  42. 2025-04-10

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  43. 2025-04-10

    Laid before the Senate

    receipt

  44. 2025-04-10

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  45. 2025-04-02

    Placed on intent calendar

  46. 2025-03-31

    Committee report printed and distributed

  47. 2025-03-31

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  48. 2025-03-31

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  49. 2025-03-27

    Vote taken in committee

  50. 2025-03-27

    Considered in public hearing

  51. 2025-03-24

    Left pending in committee

  52. 2025-03-24

    Testimony taken in committee

  53. 2025-03-24

    Considered in public hearing

  54. 2025-03-24

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  55. 2025-03-06

    Referred to State Affairs

    referral-committee

  56. 2025-03-06

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  57. 2025-02-20

    Filed

    filing

  58. 2025-02-20

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-27 · pass · 133-8

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Campos: 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
    • 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
    • Gervin-Hawkins: 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
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: 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
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Barry: no
    • Cain: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Canales: absent
    • V: absent
    • Buckley: absent
    • Hickland: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Reynolds: absent
    • Ward Johnson: absent
    • Wharto: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-28 · pass · 129-12

    Member-level votes (152)
    • 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: 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
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: 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
    • Cain: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Little: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Luther: no
    • Money: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Schofield: no
    • Swanson: no
    • Tepper: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Anchía: absent
    • Guerra: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Hinojosa: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Longoria: absent
    • Talarico: absent
    • Davis: absent
    • Y: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-31 · pass · 31-0

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