Relating to the instructions for an application form for an early voting ballot
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89th Legislature (2025)
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Filed · Jan 30, 2025
Read first time · Mar 14, 2025
Referred to Elections · Mar 14, 2025
Scheduled for public hearing on . . . · Apr 3, 2025
Considered in public hearing · Apr 3, 2025
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee · Apr 3, 2025
Left pending in committee · Apr 3, 2025
Considered in public hearing · Apr 9, 2025
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) · Apr 9, 2025
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator · Apr 14, 2025
Committee report distributed · Apr 14, 2025
Committee report sent to Calendars · Apr 15, 2025
Considered in Calendars · Apr 28, 2025
Placed on General State Calendar · Apr 30, 2025
Read 2nd time · Apr 30, 2025
Passed to engrossment · Apr 30, 2025
Record vote · Apr 30, 2025
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal · Apr 30, 2025
Read 3rd time · May 1, 2025
Passed · May 1, 2025
Record vote · May 1, 2025
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal · May 1, 2025
Reported engrossed · May 1, 2025
Received from the House · May 5, 2025
Read first time · May 5, 2025
Referred to State Affairs · May 5, 2025
Scheduled for public hearing on . . . · May 8, 2025
Considered in public hearing · May 8, 2025
Left pending in committee · May 8, 2025
Considered in public hearing · May 13, 2025
Vote taken in committee · May 13, 2025
Reported favorably w/o amendments · May 15, 2025
Recommended for local & uncontested calendar · May 15, 2025
Committee report printed and distributed · May 15, 2025
Placed on local & uncontested calendar · May 25, 2025
Laid before the Senate · May 25, 2025
Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading · May 25, 2025
Vote recorded in Journal · May 25, 2025
Three day rule suspended · May 25, 2025
Record vote · May 25, 2025
Read 3rd time · May 25, 2025
Passed · May 25, 2025
Record vote · May 25, 2025
Senate passage reported · May 25, 2025
Reported enrolled · May 26, 2025
Signed in the House · May 27, 2025
Signed in the Senate · May 27, 2025
Sent to the Governor · May 28, 2025
Signed by the Governor · Jun 20, 2025
Effective on 9/1/25 · Jun 20, 2025
The numbers
3
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Recorded votes
HBi2259 was passed byHouse · 2025-05-01 · Yeas 131, Nays 1, Present, not voting 1
HBi2259 was passed to engrossment byHouse · 2025-04-30 · Yeas 138, Nays 5, Present, not voting 2
Roll-call results shown verbatim from the Texas legislature’s records. A result reflects that roll call’s own motion, not the bill’s overall outcome.
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