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SB318
Assigned to Committee Authored by Brandon Creighton (R) View at Source
Caption: Relating to the establishment of the election integrity division in the office of the attorney general. Initially Referred to Senate State Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican Last Referred to House State Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican
SB 318 establishes an election integrity division within the office of the Texas Attorney General. The division is tasked with investigating election fraud and offenses under the Election Code, with support from law enforcement agencies and the ability to issue subpoenas for evidence or testimony.
Co-authors: Bettencourt (R); Hall (R); Hughes (R); Kolkhorst (R)
Nov 12, 2024
(S) Creighton 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 13, 2025
(S) Scheduled for public hearing on . . . (S) Considered in public hearing (S) Testimony taken in committee (S) Left pending in committee
Mar 20, 2025
(S) Considered in public hearing (S) Vote taken in committee
Mar 24, 2025
(S) Reported favorably w/o amendments (S) Committee report printed and distributed
Mar 25, 2025
(S) Hughes signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Co-author authorized
Mar 26, 2025
(S) Placed on intent calendar
Mar 31, 2025
(S) Bettencourt signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Hall signed onto the bill as Coauthor (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
20250331_SB318_E: Yea 19 (R 19, D 0) - Nay 11 (R 0, D 11)
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(S) Record vote (S) Reported engrossed
Apr 2, 2025
(S) Not again placed on intent calendar
Apr 22, 2025
(H) Read first time (H) Referred to the House State Affairs, chaired by a Republican
Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill
Against
(Thu 3/13/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as Emily French for Common Cause Texas (Thu 3/13/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as Veronikah Warms for Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP) (Thu 3/13/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Aleja Newman for self (with NAKASEC ACTION FUND TEXAS) (Thu 3/13/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Amber Mills for self (with MOVE Texas Civic Fund) (Thu 3/13/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Brenda Cruz for self (with Texas Democratic Party) (Thu 3/13/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as M Williams for Dallas County District Attorney (Thu 3/13/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Mary Ibarra for American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) (Thu 3/13/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Sarah Berel-Harrop for self (Thu 3/13/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Sofia Lozano for Common cause texas
For
(Thu 3/13/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as Dr Pressley for True Texas Elections (Thu 3/13/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as Ken Moore for self (Thu 3/13/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Cary Cheshire for self (Thu 3/13/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Jacqueline Klein for self (Thu 3/13/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Karen Marshall for self (with State Republican Executive Committee) (Thu 3/13/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Kathy Haigler for self (Thu 3/13/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Lucy Trainor for self (Thu 3/13/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Russell Hayter for self
