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SB1209
Assigned to Committee Authored by Bryan Hughes (R) View at Source
Caption: Relating to the uniform election date. Initially Referred to Senate State Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican Last Referred to House Elections Committee, chaired by a Republican
SB 1209 standardizes election dates in Texas by eliminating the option for local elections to be held on dates other than the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November. The bill mandates that all general, special, and runoff elections be held on Tuesdays, replacing previous provisions that allowed for elections on Saturdays. It also requires political subdivisions that currently hold elections on other dates to move their general elections to the November uniform election date by December 31, 2025.
Co-authors: Campbell (R)
Feb 10, 2025
(S) Hughes signed onto the bill as Author (S) Received by the Secretary of the Senate (S) Filed
Feb 28, 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) Committee report printed and distributed
Apr 3, 2025
(S) Placed on intent calendar
Apr 7, 2025
(S) Rules suspended-Regular order of business (S) Record vote (S) Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
20250407_SB1209_E: Yea 20 (R 18, D 2) - Nay 10 (R 1, D 9)
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(S) Record vote
Apr 8, 2025
(S) Campbell signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Co-author authorized (S) Rules suspended-Regular order of business (S) Record vote (S) Read 3rd time (S) Passed
20250408_SB1209_3R: Yea 20 (R 18, D 2) - Nay 10 (R 1, D 9)
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(S) Record vote (S) Reported engrossed
Apr 9, 2025
(H) Received from the Senate
Apr 22, 2025
(H) Read first time (H) Referred to the House Elections, chaired by a Republican
Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill
Against
(Thu 3/20/2025) Testifying before S State Affairs as Christopher Smith for self (with Fast Growth School Coalition, Katy ISD) (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 Charles Sanders for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Colby Nichols for Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA) (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 Javier Ramirez for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as JJ Rocha for Texas Municipal League (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Kayla Reese for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Kelsey Utter 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 Rachel Warden for self (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Ruben Longoria for Texas Association of School Boards (TASB) (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 Scott Stewart for American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas (ACEC) (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 Spencer Gutierrez for City of Sugar Land (Thu 3/20/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Steven Deline for self
For
(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 Gina Swoboda for self (with Honest Elections Project) (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 Ken Moore for self (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 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 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 Kathy Haigler 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 Tom Glass for self
