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SB2877
Assigned to Committee Authored by Bryan Hughes (R) View at Source
Caption: Relating to the penalty for the crime of election fraud; increasing a criminal penalty. Initially Referred to Senate State Affairs Committee, chaired by a Republican Last Referred to House Elections Committee, chaired by a Republican
SB 2877 proposes to increase the penalties for the crime of election fraud under the Texas Election Code. It amends Sections 276.013(a) and (b) to redefine election fraud offenses and upgrades the offense from a Class A misdemeanor to a second-degree felony. The bill also stipulates that if the offense is committed by an elected official, it will be classified as a first-degree felony. Additionally, an attempt to commit election fraud would be reclassified from a Class B misdemeanor to a third-degree felony.
Co-authors: A. Hinojosa (R); Creighton (R)
Mar 14, 2025
(S) Hughes signed onto the bill as Author (S) Received by the Secretary of the Senate (S) Filed
Apr 7, 2025
(S) Read first time (S) Referred to the Senate State Affairs, chaired by a Republican
Apr 14, 2025
(S) Scheduled for public hearing on . . . (S) Considered in public hearing (S) Left pending in committee
Apr 16, 2025
(S) Considered in public hearing (S) Vote taken in committee
Apr 22, 2025
(S) Reported favorably w/o amendments (S) Committee report printed and distributed
Apr 23, 2025
(S) Creighton signed onto the bill as Coauthor (S) Co-author authorized (S) Placed on intent calendar
Apr 28, 2025
(S) A. Hinojosa 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 (S) Record vote
20250428_SB2877_E: Yea 21 (R 20, D 1) - Nay 10 (R 0, D 10)
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(S) Record vote (S) Reported engrossed (H) Received from the Senate
Apr 30, 2025
(H) Read first time (H) Referred to the House Elections, chaired by a Republican
Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill
Against
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Adelle Cole for self (Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Alycia Castillo for Texas Civil Rights Project (TCRP) (Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as C Gage for self (Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Chrisina Coleman for self (Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Gabriela Coello-Reyes for self (Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Jennifer Margulies for self (Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Mary Ibarra for American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) (Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Steven Deline for self (Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Teresa Cuevas for self
For
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Dr Pressley for True texas elections (Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Ed Johnson for self (with Harris County Ballot Security) (Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Guy Herman for self (Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Perla Hopkins for self (Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Tom Glass for self
On
(Mon 4/14/2025) Registering before S State Affairs as Christina Adkins for Texas Secretary of State
