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SB1541
In Calendar Committee in Other Chamber Authored by Paul Bettencourt (R) View at Source
Caption: Relating to state oversight of county elections following a county election audit. Initially Referred to Senate State Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican Last Referred to House Elections Committee, chaired by a Republican
SB 1541 allows the Texas Secretary of State to oversee county election offices that repeatedly fail audits or show patterns of election mismanagement. If systemic issues are identified, the state can intervene and monitor county election operations until problems are resolved. This authority applies to all counties, removing a previous restriction that limited oversight to counties with populations over 4 million.
Sponsors: Swanson (R)
(S) Swanson signed onto the bill as
Feb 21, 2025
(S) Received by the Secretary of the Senate (S) Filed
Mar 6, 2025
(S) Read first time (S) Referred to the Senate State Affairs, chaired by a Republican
Mar 31, 2025
(S) Scheduled for public hearing on . . . (S) Considered in public hearing (S) Left pending in committee
Apr 3, 2025
(S) Considered in public hearing (S) Vote taken in committee
Apr 7, 2025
(S) Reported favorably w/o amendments (S) Committee report printed and distributed
Apr 10, 2025
(S) Placed on intent calendar
Apr 15, 2025
(S) Co-author authorized (S) Rules suspended-Regular order of business (S) Record vote (S) Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
20250415_SB1541_E: Yea 25 (R 20, D 5) - Nay 6 (R 0, D 6)
Nay - Alvarado; Cook; Eckhardt; Gutierrez; Miles; West
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(S) Record vote (S) Reported engrossed
Apr 16, 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) Committee substitute considered in committee (H) Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee (H) Left pending in committee
May 9, 2025
(H) Considered in formal meeting (H) Committee substitute considered in committee (H) Reported favorably as substituted
May 21, 2025
(H) Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator (H) Committee report distributed (H) Committee report sent to Calendars
Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill
Against
(Thu 5/8/2025) Testifying before H Elections as Emily French for Common Cause Texas (Thu 5/8/2025) Testifying before H Elections as Zachary Dolling for Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP) (Mon 3/31/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Andrew Hendrickson for American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) (Thu 5/8/2025) Registering before H Elections as Katy Schmader for Texas Democratic Party (Thu 5/8/2025) Registering before H Elections as Sarah Kersting-Mumm for American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) (Thu 5/8/2025) Registering before H Elections as Steven Deline for self (Thu 5/8/2025) Registering before H Elections as Susana Carranza for self (Mon 3/31/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Veronikah Warms for Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP)
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 Kathy Haigler for self (Mon 3/31/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Ed Johnson for self (with Harris County Ballot Security) (Thu 5/8/2025) Registering before H Elections as Ken Moore for self
On
(Thu 5/8/2025) Registering before H Elections as Christina Adkins for Secretary of State
