TX SB 318
deadRelating to the establishment of the election integrity division in the office of the attorney general.
Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · upper
Quick answers
Did TX SB 318 pass?
No. TX SB 318 did not pass — it was defeated or died in the legislative process (2025-05-15). Latest recorded action (2025-05-15): Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
What is TX SB 318 about?
TX SB 318 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the establishment of the election integrity division in the office of the attorney general.”.
Who sponsors TX SB 318?
Creighton is the primary sponsor of TX SB 318, joined by 4 cosponsors.
- Introduced
- 2024-11-12
- Latest action
- 2025-05-15 — Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- Creightonprimary
- Bettencourtcosponsor
- Hallcosponsor
- Hughescosponsor
- Kolkhorstcosponsor
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2024-11-12
Received by the Secretary of the Senate
filing,introduction
2024-11-12
Filed
filing
2025-02-03
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-02-03
Referred to State Affairs
referral-committee
2025-03-13
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-03-13
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-13
Testimony taken in committee
2025-03-13
Left pending in committee
2025-03-20
Considered in public hearing
2025-03-20
Vote taken in committee
2025-03-24
Reported favorably w/o amendments
committee-passage-favorable
2025-03-24
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-03-25
Co-author authorized
2025-03-26
Placed on intent calendar
2025-03-31
Co-author authorized
2025-03-31
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-03-31
Record vote
2025-03-31
Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
reading-2
2025-03-31
Record vote
2025-04-01
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-04-01
Record vote
2025-04-01
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-04-01
Passed
passage
2025-04-01
Record vote
2025-04-01
Reported engrossed
2025-04-02
Received from the Senate
introduction
2025-04-22
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-04-22
Referred to State Affairs
referral-committee
2025-05-15
Considered in formal meeting
2025-05-15
Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
committee-failure
Versions
Documents
Votes
passage
2025-03-31 · pass · 19-11
Member-level votes (31)
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hancock: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- Alvarado: no
- Blanco: no
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Gutierrez: no
- J. Hinojosa: no
- Johnson: no
- Menéndez: no
- Miles: no
- West: no
- Zaffirini: no
- King: absent
passage
2025-04-01 · pass · 20-11
Member-level votes (31)
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Creighton: yes
- Flores: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- Hancock: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- Hughes: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Middleton: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- Alvarado: no
- Blanco: no
- Cook: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Gutierrez: no
- J. Hinojosa: no
- Johnson: no
- Menéndez: no
- Miles: no
- West: no
- Zaffirini: no
Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
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