Bill Commons

TX SB 2217

enacted

Relating to certain election practices and procedures.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 2217 pass?

Yes. TX SB 2217 has been enacted into law. 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
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Hughesprimary
  • Shaheenprimary
  • Hallcosponsor

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

    Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported

  9. 2025-06-01

    Record vote

  10. 2025-06-01

    Senate adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  11. 2025-06-01

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  12. 2025-06-01

    Record vote

  13. 2025-06-01

    House adopts conference committee report

    committee-passage-favorable

  14. 2025-05-31

    Conf. Comm. Report distributed

  15. 2025-05-31

    Conference committee report filed

    filing

  16. 2025-05-30

    House appoints conferees-reported

  17. 2025-05-30

    House grants request for conf comm-reported

  18. 2025-05-30

    House appoints conferees

  19. 2025-05-30

    House grants request for conference committee

  20. 2025-05-29

    Senate appoints conferees-reported

  21. 2025-05-29

    Senate requests conference committee-reported

  22. 2025-05-29

    Senate refuses to concur-reported

  23. 2025-05-29

    Senate appoints conferees

  24. 2025-05-29

    Senate requests conference committee

  25. 2025-05-29

    Senate refuses to concur

  26. 2025-05-29

    Read

  27. 2025-05-29

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  28. 2025-05-28

    House passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  29. 2025-05-28

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  30. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  31. 2025-05-28

    Passed as amended

    amendment-passage,passage

  32. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  33. 2025-05-28

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  34. 2025-05-28

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  35. 2025-05-27

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  36. 2025-05-27

    Record vote

  37. 2025-05-27

    Passed to 3rd reading as amended

    amendment-passage

  38. 2025-05-27

    Amendment withdrawn

    amendment-withdrawal,withdrawal

  39. 2025-05-27

    Point of order withdrawn (amendment)

    withdrawal

  40. 2025-05-27

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  41. 2025-05-27

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  42. 2025-05-27

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  43. 2025-05-25

    Placed on General State Calendar

  44. 2025-05-23

    Considered in Calendars

  45. 2025-05-21

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  46. 2025-05-20

    Committee report distributed

  47. 2025-05-20

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  48. 2025-05-16

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  49. 2025-05-16

    Considered in formal meeting

  50. 2025-05-15

    Left pending in committee

  51. 2025-05-15

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  52. 2025-05-15

    Considered in public hearing

  53. 2025-05-02

    Referred to Elections

    referral-committee

  54. 2025-05-02

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  55. 2025-05-01

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  56. 2025-05-01

    Reported engrossed

  57. 2025-05-01

    Record vote

  58. 2025-05-01

    Passed

    passage

  59. 2025-05-01

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  60. 2025-05-01

    Record vote

  61. 2025-05-01

    Three day rule suspended

  62. 2025-05-01

    Vote recorded in Journal

  63. 2025-05-01

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  64. 2025-05-01

    Laid before the Senate

    receipt

  65. 2025-05-01

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  66. 2025-04-22

    Committee report printed and distributed

  67. 2025-04-22

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  68. 2025-04-22

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  69. 2025-04-16

    Vote taken in committee

  70. 2025-04-16

    Considered in public hearing

  71. 2025-04-14

    Co-author authorized

  72. 2025-04-10

    Left pending in committee

  73. 2025-04-10

    Testimony taken in committee

  74. 2025-04-10

    Considered in public hearing

  75. 2025-04-10

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  76. 2025-03-25

    Referred to State Affairs

    referral-committee

  77. 2025-03-25

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  78. 2025-03-11

    Filed

    filing

  79. 2025-03-11

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

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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