Bill Commons

TX SB 2217

enacted

Relating to certain election practices and procedures.

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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 2217 pass?

Yes. TX SB 2217 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX SB 2217 about?

TX SB 2217 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to certain election practices and procedures.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 2217?

Hughes, Shaheen are the primary sponsors of TX SB 2217, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Introduced
2025-03-11
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Hughesprimary
  • Shaheenprimary
  • Hallcosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-03-11

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-03-11

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-03-25

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-03-25

    Referred to State Affairs

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-04-10

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-04-10

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-04-10

    Testimony taken in committee

  8. 2025-04-10

    Left pending in committee

  9. 2025-04-14

    Co-author authorized

  10. 2025-04-16

    Considered in public hearing

  11. 2025-04-16

    Vote taken in committee

  12. 2025-04-22

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  13. 2025-04-22

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  14. 2025-04-22

    Committee report printed and distributed

  15. 2025-05-01

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  16. 2025-05-01

    Laid before the Senate

    receipt

  17. 2025-05-01

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  18. 2025-05-01

    Vote recorded in Journal

  19. 2025-05-01

    Three day rule suspended

  20. 2025-05-01

    Record vote

  21. 2025-05-01

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  22. 2025-05-01

    Passed

    passage

  23. 2025-05-01

    Record vote

  24. 2025-05-01

    Reported engrossed

  25. 2025-05-01

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  26. 2025-05-02

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  27. 2025-05-02

    Referred to Elections

    referral-committee

  28. 2025-05-15

    Considered in public hearing

  29. 2025-05-15

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  30. 2025-05-15

    Left pending in committee

  31. 2025-05-16

    Considered in formal meeting

  32. 2025-05-16

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  33. 2025-05-20

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  34. 2025-05-20

    Committee report distributed

  35. 2025-05-21

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  36. 2025-05-23

    Considered in Calendars

  37. 2025-05-25

    Placed on General State Calendar

  38. 2025-05-27

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  39. 2025-05-27

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  40. 2025-05-27

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  41. 2025-05-27

    Point of order withdrawn (amendment)

    withdrawal

  42. 2025-05-27

    Amendment withdrawn

    amendment-withdrawal,withdrawal

  43. 2025-05-27

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  44. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  45. 2025-05-27

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  46. 2025-05-28

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  47. 2025-05-28

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  48. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  49. 2025-05-28

    Passed as amended

    amendment-passage,passage

  50. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  51. 2025-05-28

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  52. 2025-05-28

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  53. 2025-05-29

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  54. 2025-05-29

    Read

  55. 2025-05-29

    Senate refuses to concur

  56. 2025-05-29

    Senate requests conference committee

  57. 2025-05-29

    Senate appoints conferees

  58. 2025-05-29

    Senate refuses to concur-reported

  59. 2025-05-29

    Senate requests conference committee-reported

  60. 2025-05-29

    Senate appoints conferees-reported

  61. 2025-05-30

    House grants request for conference committee

  62. 2025-05-30

    House appoints conferees

  63. 2025-05-30

    House grants request for conf comm-reported

  64. 2025-05-30

    House appoints conferees-reported

  65. 2025-05-31

    Conference committee report filed

    filing

  66. 2025-05-31

    Conf. Comm. Report distributed

  67. 2025-06-01

    House adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  68. 2025-06-01

    Record vote

  69. 2025-06-01

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  70. 2025-06-01

    Senate adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  71. 2025-06-01

    Record vote

  72. 2025-06-01

    Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  73. 2025-06-01

    House adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  74. 2025-06-01

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  75. 2025-06-02

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  76. 2025-06-02

    Signed in the House

    passage

  77. 2025-06-03

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  78. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  79. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-27 · pass · 135-0

    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
    • 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
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: 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
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: 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
    • 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
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: 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
    • Fairly: absent
    • Gámez: absent
    • Garcia Hernandez: absent
    • Johnson: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Lalani: absent
    • Manuel: absent
    • Martinez: absent
    • Perez, M.: absent
    • Perez, V.: absent
    • Turner: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-28 · pass · 139-1

    Member-level votes (152)
    • Alders: 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
    • 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
    • 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, 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
    • 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
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: 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
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Jones: no
    • J: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Landgraf(C: not voting
    • Anchía: absent
    • Guerra: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Hinojosa: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Longoria: absent
    • Talarico: absent
    • Allen: absent
  • passage

    2025-06-01 · pass · 130-7

    Member-level votes (181)
    • Alders: yes
    • Anchía: 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
    • 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 Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: 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
    • Kerwin: 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
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: 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
    • 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
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Canales: no
    • González, J.: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Lalani: no
    • Manuel: no
    • Martinez: no
    • Perez, M: 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
    • Guerra: absent
    • Longoria: absent
    • Morales, C.: absent
    • Reynolds: absent
    • Rose: absent
    • Simmons: absent
    • Bettencourt: yes
    • Birdwell: yes
    • Blanco: yes
    • Campbell: yes
    • Creighton: yes
    • Hagenbuch: yes
    • Hall: yes
    • Hancock: yes
    • A. Hinojosa: yes
    • J. Hinojosa: yes
    • Huffman: yes
    • Hughes: yes
    • Kolkhorst: yes
    • Menéndez: yes
    • Middleton: yes
    • Nichols: yes
    • Parker: yes
    • Paxton: yes
    • Perry: yes
    • Schwertner: yes
    • Sparks: yes
    • West: yes
    • Zaffirini: yes
    • Alvarado: no
    • Eckhardt: no
    • Gutierrez: no
    • Miles: no

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