Bill Commons

TX SB 827

enacted

Relating to the audit of an election using an electronic voting system.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX SB 827 pass?

Yes. TX SB 827 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX SB 827 about?

TX SB 827 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the audit of an election using an electronic voting system.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 827?

Parker, DeAyala are the primary sponsors of TX SB 827.

Introduced
2025-01-16
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Parkerprimary
  • DeAyalaprimary

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. 2025-05-27

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-05-27

    Signed in the House

    passage

  5. 2025-05-26

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  6. 2025-05-26

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-05-25

    House passage reported

    passage

  8. 2025-05-24

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  9. 2025-05-24

    Record vote

  10. 2025-05-24

    Passed

    passage

  11. 2025-05-24

    Laid out as postponed business

  12. 2025-05-24

    Postponed

  13. 2025-05-24

    Laid out as postponed business

  14. 2025-05-24

    Postponed

  15. 2025-05-24

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  16. 2025-05-23

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  17. 2025-05-23

    Record vote

  18. 2025-05-23

    Passed to 3rd reading

  19. 2025-05-23

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  20. 2025-05-22

    Placed on General State Calendar

  21. 2025-05-20

    Considered in Calendars

  22. 2025-05-19

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  23. 2025-05-19

    Committee report distributed

  24. 2025-05-16

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  25. 2025-05-09

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  26. 2025-05-09

    Considered in formal meeting

  27. 2025-05-08

    Left pending in committee

  28. 2025-05-08

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  29. 2025-05-08

    Considered in public hearing

  30. 2025-04-22

    Referred to Elections

    referral-committee

  31. 2025-04-22

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  32. 2025-04-14

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  33. 2025-04-10

    Reported engrossed

  34. 2025-04-10

    Record vote

  35. 2025-04-10

    Passed

    passage

  36. 2025-04-10

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  37. 2025-04-10

    Record vote

  38. 2025-04-10

    Three day rule suspended

  39. 2025-04-10

    Vote recorded in Journal

  40. 2025-04-10

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  41. 2025-04-10

    Laid before the Senate

    receipt

  42. 2025-04-10

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  43. 2025-03-26

    Committee report printed and distributed

  44. 2025-03-26

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  45. 2025-03-26

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  46. 2025-03-24

    Vote taken in committee

  47. 2025-03-24

    Considered in public hearing

  48. 2025-03-20

    Left pending in committee

  49. 2025-03-20

    Testimony taken in committee

  50. 2025-03-20

    Considered in public hearing

  51. 2025-03-20

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  52. 2025-02-13

    Referred to State Affairs

    referral-committee

  53. 2025-02-13

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  54. 2025-01-16

    Filed

    filing

  55. 2025-01-16

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-23 · pass · 130-7

    Member-level votes (151)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: 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
    • 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
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: 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
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lambert: 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
    • 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
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Perez, M.: 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
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: 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
    • Dutton: no
    • Gervin-Hawkins: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Jones, J.: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rose: no
    • Thompson: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Landgraf(C: not voting
    • Campos: absent
    • Garcia, J.: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Johnson: absent
    • Paul: absent
    • Smithee: absent
    • Zwiener: absent
    • Frank: absent
    • King: absent
    • Lalani: absent
    • Oliverso: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-24 · pass · 137-0

    Member-level votes (151)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: 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
    • 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
    • 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
    • King: 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
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: 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
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: 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
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Geren(C: not voting
    • Davis, Y.: absent
    • Johnson: absent
    • Jones, V.: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Meza: absent
    • Paul: absent
    • Reynolds: absent
    • Vo: absent
    • Bryant: absent
    • Morales Shaw: absent
    • Simmon: absent

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