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SB310
In Calendar Committee in Other Chamber Authored by Bryan Hughes (R) View at Source
Caption: Relating to the determination of a majority vote in certain elections. Initially Referred to Senate State Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican Last Referred to House Elections Committee, chaired by a Republican
SB 310 prohibits the use of preferential voting systems for determining majority votes in public or political party elections. It specifies that a candidate must receive more than half of the originally cast votes to be elected or nominated, without reassigning votes through ranking systems.
(S) Hughes signed onto the bill as Author (S) Received by the Secretary of the Senate (S) Filed
Feb 3, 2025
(S) Read first time (S) Referred to the Senate State Affairs, chaired by a Republican
Mar 20, 2025
(S) Scheduled for public hearing on . . . (S) Considered in public hearing (S) Testimony taken in committee (S) Left pending in committee
Mar 24, 2025
(S) Considered in public hearing (S) Vote taken in committee
Mar 26, 2025
(S) Reported favorably w/o amendments (S) Recommended for local & uncontested calendar (S) Committee report printed and distributed
Apr 10, 2025
(S) Flores signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Co-author authorized
Apr 14, 2025
(S) Placed on intent calendar
Apr 15, 2025
(S) Kolkhorst signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Co-author authorized (S) Rules suspended-Regular order of business (S) Record vote (S) Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
20250415_SB310_E: Yea 24 (R 20, D 4) - Nay 7 (R 0, D 7)
Nay - Alvarado; Cook; Eckhardt; Gutierrez; Johnson; Menendez; Miles
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(S) Record vote (S) Reported engrossed
Apr 16, 2025
(H) Received from the Senate
Apr 17, 2025
(H) Read first time (H) Referred to the House Elections, chaired by a Republican
Apr 28, 2025
(H) Considered in formal meeting (H) Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
May 6, 2025
(H) Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator (H) Committee report distributed
May 7, 2025
(H) Committee report sent to Calendars
May 22, 2025
(H) Considered in Calendars
May 24, 2025
(H) Placed on General State Calendar
May 27, 2025
(H) Read 2nd time (H) Point of order withdrawn (H) Postponed
Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill
Against
(Thu 3/20/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as Kevin Hale for self (with Libertarian Party of Texas) (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as A Carol Teitelman for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as ANITA KNIGHT for self (with Texas Impact) (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Anita Overton for self (with No) (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Ashley Juraska for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Barnett for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Catherine Martinez for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Charles Sanders for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Christopher Cruz for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Cyral Miller for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Dana Blanton for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Diana Pina-Hernandez for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Emily French for Common Cause Texas (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Janice Wallace for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Javier Ramirez for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Jeannette Kincaid for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Joanne Richards for self (with Instant runoff voting for Texas) (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Julie Woody for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Karen Darby for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Kate Sanchez for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Kayla Reese for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Kaylie Kennedy for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Laura Patten for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Lois McGuire for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Loise Foster for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Lorrie Mitchel for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Maria Dixon for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Mariah Zielke for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Marliza Marin for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Mary Favret for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Melanie Walter-Mahoney for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Niloufar Hafizi for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Piper Madland for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Rachel Warden for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Raymond Browner for Pv pink panthers (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Robert Hendricks for self (with Sierra Club) (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Sarah Barbour for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Sarah Cohen for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Sofia Lozano for Common cause texas (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Steven Deline for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Susan Stewart for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Susan Thomson for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Thomas Thomson for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Tonie Tercero for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Veronikah Warms for Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP) (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Victoria Hendricks for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Vysh Pottepalli for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Wendy Erisman for self
For
(Thu 3/20/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as Andrew Eller for self (with State Republican Executive Committeeman SD24) (Thu 3/20/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as Ed Johnson for self (with Harris County Ballot Security) (Thu 3/20/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as James Quintero for Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF) (Thu 3/20/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as Jason Snead for Honest Elections Project (Thu 3/20/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as Ken Moore for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Allen Cambon for FGA Action (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Bill Sargent for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Cary Cheshire for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Daniel Hunt for self (with SREC Committeeman SD3) (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Debbie Georgatos for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Gaylyn DeVine for self (with SREC SD11) (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Glenn Carlisle for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as John Mattingly for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Karen Marshall for self (with State Republican Executive Committee) (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Kathy Haigler for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Lucy Trainor for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Marcia Strickler for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Michael Turner for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Rhonda Ward for self (with SREC Committeewoman SD3) (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Russell Hayter for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Shann Turner for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Tammy Baker for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Teri Bates for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Tom Glass for self
On
(Thu 3/20/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as Walt Smith for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Christina Adkins for Texas Secretary of State
