Relating to requirements for certain ballot propositions and to related procedures and provisions
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89th Legislature (2025)
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Received by the Secretary of the Senate · Nov 25, 2024
Filed · Nov 25, 2024
Read first time · Feb 3, 2025
Referred to State Affairs · Feb 3, 2025
Co-author authorized · Feb 4, 2025
Scheduled for public hearing on . . . · Apr 7, 2025
Considered in public hearing · Apr 7, 2025
Testimony taken in committee · Apr 7, 2025
Left pending in committee · Apr 7, 2025
Considered in public hearing · Apr 16, 2025
Vote taken in committee · Apr 16, 2025
Reported favorably as substituted · Apr 22, 2025
Recommended for local & uncontested calendar · Apr 22, 2025
Committee report printed and distributed · Apr 22, 2025
Placed on intent calendar · Apr 24, 2025
Rules suspended-Regular order of business · Apr 30, 2025
Record vote · Apr 30, 2025
Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment · Apr 30, 2025
Record vote · Apr 30, 2025
Three day rule suspended · Apr 30, 2025
Record vote · Apr 30, 2025
Read 3rd time · Apr 30, 2025
Passed · Apr 30, 2025
Record vote · Apr 30, 2025
Reported engrossed · Apr 30, 2025
Received from the Senate · Apr 30, 2025
Read first time · May 1, 2025
Referred to Elections · May 1, 2025
Considered in formal meeting · May 16, 2025
Committee substitute considered in committee · May 16, 2025
Reported favorably as substituted · May 16, 2025
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator · May 21, 2025
Committee report distributed · May 21, 2025
Committee report sent to Calendars · May 22, 2025
Considered in Calendars · May 23, 2025
Placed on General State Calendar · May 25, 2025
Read 2nd time · May 27, 2025
Amended · May 27, 2025
Record vote · May 27, 2025
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal · May 27, 2025
Amended · May 27, 2025
Record vote · May 27, 2025
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal · May 27, 2025
Amendment(s) offered · May 27, 2025
Point of order withdrawn (amendment) · May 27, 2025
Amendment withdrawn · May 27, 2025
Passed to 3rd reading as amended · May 27, 2025
Record vote · May 27, 2025
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal · May 27, 2025
Read 3rd time · May 28, 2025
Passed · May 28, 2025
Record vote · May 28, 2025
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal · May 28, 2025
House passage as amended reported · May 28, 2025
House amendment(s) laid before the Senate · May 30, 2025
Read · May 30, 2025
Senate concurs in House amendment(s) · May 30, 2025
Record vote · May 30, 2025
Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported · May 31, 2025
Reported enrolled · May 31, 2025
Signed in the Senate · Jun 1, 2025
Signed in the House · Jun 2, 2025
Sent to the Governor · Jun 2, 2025
Signed by the Governor · Jun 20, 2025
Effective on 9/1/25 · Jun 20, 2025
The numbers
9
sponsors on the bill
Sponsors
Recorded votes
The motion prevailedSenate · 2025-05-30 · Yeas 24, Nays 7
SBi506 was passed byHouse · 2025-05-28 · Yeas 102, Nays 37, Present, not voting 1
CSSB 506, as amended, was passed to third reading byHouse · 2025-05-27 · Yeas 111, Nays 21, Present, not voting 1
(3)iiOn page 3, between lines 6 and 7, insert: "(d)iiIf, pursuant to Section 273.101, the secretary of state determines that a proposition is not misleading, inaccurate, or prejudicial, or drafts that ballot proposition language, a plaintiff or realtor who prevails in a mandamus action described by Subsection (a) may not be awarded the party s’ reasonable attorney s’ fees, expenses, or court costs." Amendment No. 2 was adopted byHouse · 2025-05-27 · Yeas 136, Nays 0, Present, not voting 1
Amendment No. 1 was adopted byHouse · 2025-05-27 · Yeas 133, Nays 7, 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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