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TX SB 1540

enacted

Relating to maintaining the confidentiality of the personal information of election officials and their employees.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 1540 pass?

Yes. TX SB 1540 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX SB 1540 about?

TX SB 1540 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to maintaining the confidentiality of the personal information of election officials and their employees.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 1540?

Bettencourt, Capriglione are the primary sponsors of TX SB 1540, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Introduced
2025-02-21
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Bettencourtprimary
  • Capriglioneprimary
  • Morales Shawcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

  2. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-06-03

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-06-02

    Signed in the House

    passage

  5. 2025-06-02

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  6. 2025-06-01

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-06-01

    House adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  8. 2025-06-01

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  9. 2025-06-01

    Record vote

  10. 2025-06-01

    House adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  11. 2025-05-31

    Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  12. 2025-05-31

    Record vote

  13. 2025-05-31

    Senate adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  14. 2025-05-31

    Record vote

  15. 2025-05-31

    Rules suspended

  16. 2025-05-31

    Conf. Comm. Report distributed

  17. 2025-05-31

    Conference committee report filed

    filing

  18. 2025-05-31

    House appoints conferees-reported

  19. 2025-05-31

    House grants request for conf comm-reported

  20. 2025-05-31

    House appoints conferees

  21. 2025-05-31

    House grants request for conference committee

  22. 2025-05-29

    Senate appoints conferees-reported

  23. 2025-05-29

    Senate requests conference committee-reported

  24. 2025-05-29

    Senate refuses to concur-reported

  25. 2025-05-29

    Senate appoints conferees

  26. 2025-05-29

    Senate requests conference committee

  27. 2025-05-29

    Senate refuses to concur

  28. 2025-05-29

    Read

  29. 2025-05-29

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  30. 2025-05-28

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  31. 2025-05-28

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  32. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  33. 2025-05-28

    Passed

    passage

  34. 2025-05-28

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  35. 2025-05-28

    Additional sponsor(s) authorized

  36. 2025-05-28

    Rules suspended

  37. 2025-05-27

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  38. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  39. 2025-05-27

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  40. 2025-05-27

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  41. 2025-05-27

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  42. 2025-05-25

    Placed on General State Calendar

  43. 2025-05-23

    Considered in Calendars

  44. 2025-05-22

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  45. 2025-05-21

    Committee report distributed

  46. 2025-05-21

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  47. 2025-05-16

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  48. 2025-05-16

    Considered in formal meeting

  49. 2025-05-14

    Left pending in committee

  50. 2025-05-14

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  51. 2025-05-14

    Considered in public hearing

  52. 2025-05-02

    Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency

    referral-committee

  53. 2025-05-02

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  54. 2025-05-01

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  55. 2025-05-01

    Reported engrossed

  56. 2025-05-01

    Record vote

  57. 2025-05-01

    Passed

    passage

  58. 2025-05-01

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  59. 2025-05-01

    Record vote

  60. 2025-05-01

    Three day rule suspended

  61. 2025-05-01

    Vote recorded in Journal

  62. 2025-05-01

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  63. 2025-05-01

    Laid before the Senate

    receipt

  64. 2025-05-01

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  65. 2025-04-22

    Committee report printed and distributed

  66. 2025-04-22

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  67. 2025-04-22

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  68. 2025-04-16

    Vote taken in committee

  69. 2025-04-16

    Considered in public hearing

  70. 2025-04-14

    Left pending in committee

  71. 2025-04-14

    Testimony taken in committee

  72. 2025-04-14

    Considered in public hearing

  73. 2025-04-14

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  74. 2025-04-10

    Referred to State Affairs

    referral-committee

  75. 2025-04-10

    Rereferred to committee

  76. 2025-03-06

    Referred to Business & Commerce

    referral-committee

  77. 2025-03-06

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  78. 2025-02-21

    Filed

    filing

  79. 2025-02-21

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-27 · pass · 140-0

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: 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
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Anchía: absent
    • Canales: absent
    • V: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • King: absent
    • Lozano: absent
    • Manuel: absent
    • Shofner: absent
    • Vasu: absent
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
  • passage

    2025-05-28 · pass · 134-1

    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
    • 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, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: 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
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: 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
    • 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, 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
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: 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
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Simmons: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Landgraf(C): not voting
    • Wharto: not voting
    • Anchía: absent
    • Guerra: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Hinojosa: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Longoria: absent
    • Talarico: absent
    • Cortez: absent
    • Garcia: absent
    • J: absent
    • González: absent
    • M: absent
    • Moody: absent
    • Perez: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-31 · pass · 31-0

  • passage

    2025-06-01 · pass · 128-9

    Member-level votes (154)
    • Alders: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: 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 Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: 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, E.: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: 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
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Bowers: no
    • Collier: no
    • González, J.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Howard: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Morales Shaw: no
    • Perez, M.: no
    • Walle: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Landgraf(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Allen: absent
    • Garcia: absent
    • L: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Davis, Y.: absent
    • Hinojosa: absent
    • Longoria: absent
    • Morales, C.: absent
    • Reynolds: absent
    • Rose: absent
    • Simmons: absent

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