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TX SB 396

died on adjournment

Relating to confirmation of a voter's residence by a voter registrar.

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

Quick answers

Did TX SB 396 pass?

No. TX SB 396 died when the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-05-05): Committee report sent to Calendars

What is TX SB 396 about?

TX SB 396 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to confirmation of a voter's residence by a voter registrar.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 396?

Wilson, Bettencourt, Toth and 4 others are the primary sponsors of TX SB 396, joined by 2 cosponsors.

Introduced
2024-11-20
Latest action
2025-05-05 — Committee report sent to Calendars
Bill type
bill
Last updated

Subjects

Sponsors

  • Wilsonprimary
  • Bettencourtprimary
  • Tothprimary
  • Kolkhorstprimary
  • Gerdesprimary
  • Isaacprimary
  • Swansonprimary
  • Middletoncosponsor
  • Paxtoncosponsor

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2024-11-20

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2024-11-20

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-02-03

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-02-03

    Referred to State Affairs

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-02-20

    Co-author authorized

  6. 2025-03-20

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  7. 2025-03-20

    Considered in public hearing

  8. 2025-03-20

    Testimony taken in committee

  9. 2025-03-20

    Left pending in committee

  10. 2025-03-24

    Considered in public hearing

  11. 2025-03-24

    Vote taken in committee

  12. 2025-03-26

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  13. 2025-03-26

    Committee report printed and distributed

  14. 2025-03-27

    Placed on intent calendar

  15. 2025-04-01

    Co-author authorized

  16. 2025-04-01

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  17. 2025-04-01

    Record vote

  18. 2025-04-01

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  19. 2025-04-01

    Amendment(s) offered

    amendment-introduction

  20. 2025-04-01

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  21. 2025-04-01

    Vote recorded in Journal

  22. 2025-04-01

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  23. 2025-04-01

    Record vote

  24. 2025-04-01

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  25. 2025-04-01

    Record vote

  26. 2025-04-01

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  27. 2025-04-01

    Passed

    passage

  28. 2025-04-01

    Record vote

  29. 2025-04-01

    Reported engrossed

  30. 2025-04-02

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  31. 2025-04-09

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  32. 2025-04-09

    Referred to Elections

    referral-committee

  33. 2025-04-28

    Considered in formal meeting

  34. 2025-04-28

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  35. 2025-05-02

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  36. 2025-05-02

    Committee report distributed

  37. 2025-05-05

    Committee report sent to Calendars

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-04-01 · pass · 0-0

    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

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