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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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 1494 pass?

Yes. TX SB 1494 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. 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

  1. 2025-02-20

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-02-20

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-03-06

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-03-06

    Referred to State Affairs

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-03-24

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-03-24

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-03-24

    Testimony taken in committee

  8. 2025-03-24

    Left pending in committee

  9. 2025-03-27

    Considered in public hearing

  10. 2025-03-27

    Vote taken in committee

  11. 2025-03-31

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  12. 2025-03-31

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  13. 2025-03-31

    Committee report printed and distributed

  14. 2025-04-02

    Placed on intent calendar

  15. 2025-04-10

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  16. 2025-04-10

    Laid before the Senate

    receipt

  17. 2025-04-10

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  18. 2025-04-10

    Vote recorded in Journal

  19. 2025-04-10

    Three day rule suspended

  20. 2025-04-10

    Record vote

  21. 2025-04-10

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  22. 2025-04-10

    Passed

    passage

  23. 2025-04-10

    Record vote

  24. 2025-04-10

    Reported engrossed

  25. 2025-04-14

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  26. 2025-04-17

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  27. 2025-04-17

    Referred to Elections

    referral-committee

  28. 2025-05-22

    Considered in formal meeting

  29. 2025-05-22

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  30. 2025-05-22

    Considered in formal meeting

  31. 2025-05-22

    Vote reconsidered in committee

  32. 2025-05-22

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  33. 2025-05-22

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  34. 2025-05-23

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  35. 2025-05-23

    Committee report distributed

  36. 2025-05-23

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  37. 2025-05-23

    Considered in Calendars

  38. 2025-05-25

    Placed on General State Calendar

  39. 2025-05-27

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  40. 2025-05-27

    Passed to 3rd reading

  41. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  42. 2025-05-27

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  43. 2025-05-28

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  44. 2025-05-28

    Passed

    passage

  45. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  46. 2025-05-28

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  47. 2025-05-28

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  48. 2025-05-31

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  49. 2025-05-31

    Read

  50. 2025-05-31

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  51. 2025-05-31

    Record vote

  52. 2025-05-31

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  53. 2025-05-31

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  54. 2025-06-01

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  55. 2025-06-02

    Signed in the House

    passage

  56. 2025-06-02

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  57. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  58. 2025-06-20

    Effective immediately

    became-law

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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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01400_SB01499/SB 1494.xml

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