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SB396
In Calendar Committee in Other Chamber Authored by Lois Kolkhorst (R) View at Source
Caption: Relating to confirmation of a voter's residence by a voter registrar. Initially Referred to Senate State Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican Last Referred to House Elections Committee, chaired by a Republican
RPT Priority #2: Secure Texas Elections ENDORSED
SB 396 strengthens voter registration integrity by requiring registrars to send written confirmation notices to voters whose addresses appear to be commercial post office boxes, those who have not voted in the past 25 months, or where there is a reason to believe the registered residence differs from the recorded address. This measure is aimed at ensuring voter roll accuracy.
(S) Kolkhorst signed onto the bill as Author (S) Bettencourt signed onto the bill as Primary 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
Feb 20, 2025
(S) Paxton signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Co-author authorized
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) Committee report printed and distributed
Mar 27, 2025
(S) Placed on intent calendar
Apr 1, 2025
(S) Middleton signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Co-author authorized (S) Rules suspended-Regular order of business (S) Record vote
20250401_SB396_2R: Yea 20 (R 20, D 0) - Nay 11 (R 0, D 11)
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(S) Record vote (S) Reported engrossed
Apr 2, 2025
(H) Received from the Senate
Apr 9, 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 2, 2025
(H) Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator (H) Committee report distributed
May 5, 2025
(H) Committee report sent to Calendars
Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill
Against
(Thu 3/20/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as Andrew Hendrickson for American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) (Thu 3/20/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as Emily French for Common Cause Texas (Thu 3/20/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as Kevin Hale for self (with Libertarian Party of Texas) (Thu 3/20/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as Veronikah Warms for Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP) (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 Brenda Cruz for self (with Texas Democratic Party) (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Catherine Martinez 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 Elizabeth Cook for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Felicia Miyakawa for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Glenn Carlisle 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 Karen Darby 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 Larry Gaddes for Tax Assessor-Collector Association of Texas (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Lily Trieu for Rise AAPI (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Lorrie Mitchel for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Luis Figueroa for Every Texan (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Maria Dixon 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 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 Sidney Hollingsworth 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 Susan Stewart for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Victoria Hendricks for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Wendy Erisman for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Yulissa Chavez for self
For
(Thu 3/20/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as Adam Huggins for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as Daniel Hunt for self (with Republicans of State Senate District 3) (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 Ken Moore for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Andrew Eller for self (with State Republican Executive Committeeman SD24) (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Bill Sargent 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 John Mattingly for self (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 Michelle Evans 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) Registering before S State Affairs as Christina Adkins for Texas Secretary of State
