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2025-2026 89th Legislature

SB16

Relating to requiring a person to submit proof of citizenship to register to vote, including the eligibility of certain voters to vote a limited federal ballot if the voter cannot supply the required proof and the procedures for the counting of those ballots; creating criminal offenses.

Current disposition
Pending: House
Last status date
May 25, 2025
Last status update
Recommitted to committee
Author
Bryan Hughes
Co-sponsors
Paul BettencourtBrian BirdwellDonna CampbellCharles CreightonPeter FloresBrent HagenbuchBob HallKelly HancockAdam HinojosaJoan HuffmanPhil KingLois KolkhorstMayes MiddletonRobert NicholsTan ParkerAngela PaxtonCharles PerryCharles SchwertnerKevin SparksCarrie IsaacDaniel AldersJeff BarryCecil BellKeith BellBen BumgarnerBriscoe CainDavid CookCharles CunninghamDrew DarbyJay DeanMano DeAyalaMark DorazioJames FrankGary GatesStan GerdesRyan GuillenCody HarrisRichard HayesCole HefnerTodd HunterHelen KerwinMarc LaHoodBrooks LandgrafTerri Leo-WilsonMitch LittleJanie LopezAJ LouderbackJohn LujanShelley LutherDon McLaughlinWilliam MetcalfMorgan MeyerBrent MoneyTom OliversonAngelia OrrJared PattersonDennis PaulKatrina PiersonJoanne ShofnerShelby SlawsonJohn SmitheeDavid SpillerValoree SwansonCarl TepperTony TinderholtSteve TothGary VandeaverCody VasutDenise VillalobosWesley VirdellTrey WhartonTerry Wilson

Legislative progress

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House committee substitute April 28, 2025 House committee reassignment May 25, 2025 House committee substitute May 25, 2025
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Recorded floor votes

4 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.

April 1, 2025 · Senate

Rules suspended-Regular order of business

Passed

20 yea–11 nay

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April 1, 2025 · Senate

Vote recorded in Journal

Passed

20 yea–11 nay

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April 1, 2025 · Senate

Rules suspended-Regular order of business

Passed

20 yea–11 nay

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April 1, 2025 · Senate

Read 3rd time

Passed ⭐ Substantive final action

20 yea–11 nay

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Committee referrals

Instrument history

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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.

  1. House Committee report sent to Calendars
  2. House Committee report distributed
  3. House Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  4. House Reported favorably as substituted
  5. House Committee substitute considered in committee
  6. House Considered in formal meeting
  7. House Recommitted to committee
  8. House Corrected committee report sent to Calendars
  9. House Corrected comm. report distributed
  10. House Corrected com rept filed w/ Comte Coordinator
  11. House Committee report sent to Calendars
  12. House Committee report distributed
  13. House Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  14. House Reported favorably as substituted
  15. House Committee substitute considered in committee
  16. House Considered in formal meeting
  17. House Referred to Elections
  18. House Read first time
  19. House Received from the Senate
  20. Senate Reported engrossed
  21. Senate Record vote
  22. Senate Passed
  23. Senate Read 3rd time
  24. Senate Record vote
  25. Senate Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  26. Senate Record vote
  27. Senate Passed to engrossment as amended
  28. Senate Vote recorded in Journal
  29. Senate Amended
  30. Senate Amendment(s) offered FA1 Hughes
  31. Senate Read 2nd time
  32. Senate Record vote
  33. Senate Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  34. Senate Placed on intent calendar
  35. Senate Committee report printed and distributed
  36. Senate Reported favorably as substituted
  37. Senate Vote taken in committee
  38. Senate Considered in public hearing
  39. Senate Left pending in committee
  40. Senate Testimony taken in committee
  41. Senate Considered in public hearing
  42. Senate Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  43. Senate Referred to State Affairs
  44. Senate Read first time
  45. Senate Filed
  46. Senate Received by the Secretary of the Senate
Source provenance
LegiScan bill ID
2000102
LegiScan session ID
2160
Source file
var/states/texas/source/legiscan/2160-8caaa099665d/bill/SB16.json
Package observed
2026-07-17T02:14:58+00:00