Signed by Governor Authored by Tan Parker (R) View at Source
Caption: Relating to the audit of an election using an electronic voting system. Initially Referred to Senate State Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican Last Referred to House Elections Committee, chaired by a Republican
SB 827 amends the Election Code to require hand-count audits of elections conducted using electronic voting systems. The bill updates the heading of the relevant statutory section to reflect this change and emphasizes audit transparency.
Sponsors: DeAyala (R)
Jan 16, 2025
(S) Parker signed onto the bill as Author (S) Received by the Secretary of the Senate (S) Filed
Feb 13, 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 as substituted (S) Recommended for local & uncontested calendar (S) Committee report printed and distributed
Apr 10, 2025
(S) Placed on local & uncontested calendar (S) Laid before the Senate (S) Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment (S) Vote recorded in Journal (S) Three day rule suspended (S) Record vote (S) Read 3rd time (S) Passed (S) Record vote (S) Reported engrossed
Apr 14, 2025
(H) Received from the Senate
Apr 22, 2025
(H) Read first time (H) Referred to the House Elections, chaired by a Republican
May 8, 2025
(H) Scheduled for public hearing on . . . (H) Considered in public hearing (H) Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee (H) Left pending in committee
May 9, 2025
(H) Considered in formal meeting (H) Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
May 16, 2025
(H) Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
May 19, 2025
(H) Committee report distributed (H) Committee report sent to Calendars
May 20, 2025
(H) Considered in Calendars
May 22, 2025
(H) Placed on General State Calendar
May 23, 2025
(H) Read 2nd time (H) Passed to 3rd reading (H) Record vote
RV#3388: Yea 130 (R 80, D 50) - Nay 7 (R 0, D 7) View Source
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(H) Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
May 25, 2025
(S) House passage reported
May 26, 2025
(S) Reported enrolled
May 27, 2025
(H) Signed in the House (E) Sent to the Governor
(S) DeAyala signed onto the bill as Sponsor
Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill
Against
(Thu 5/8/2025) Testifying before H Elections as Debbie Lindstrom for self (with Citizens Defending Freedom) (Thu 3/20/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as Emily French for Common Cause Texas (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 Cyral Miller 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 Kathy Haigler 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 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 Mary Ibarra for American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Sarah Barbour 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 5/8/2025) Registering before H Elections as Steven Deline for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Wendy Erisman for self
For
(Thu 5/8/2025) Testifying before H Elections as Ed Johnson for self (with Harris County Ballot Security) (Thu 5/8/2025) Testifying before H Elections as Jennifer Doinoff for self (with Texas Association of County Election Officials) (Thu 5/8/2025) Testifying before H Elections as Madeline Dvorcsik for self (with DCRP) (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 Ed Johnson for self (with Harris County Ballot Security) (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Fred Shannon for Hart InterCivic (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Glenn Carlisle for self (Thu 5/8/2025) Registering before H Elections as Jay Williamson for County and District Clerks' Association of Texas (CDCAT) (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Jennifer Doinoff for self (with Texas Association of County Election Officials) (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as John Mattingly for self (Thu 5/8/2025) Registering before H Elections as Kathy Haigler for self (Thu 5/8/2025) Registering before H Elections as Ken Moore for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Laura Rogers for self (with County and District Clerks' Association of Texas (CDCAT)) (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Lucy Trainor 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 Shann Turner for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Terry Putnam 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 Christina Adkins for Texas Secretary of State (Thu 5/8/2025) Registering before H Elections as Christina Adkins for Secretary of State