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TX SB1

TX SB1
Relating to election integrity and security, including by preventing fraud in the conduct of elections in this state; increasing criminal penalties; creating criminal offenses.


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Introduced
08/06/2021
In Committee
08/23/2021
Crossed Over
08/12/2021
Passed
08/31/2021
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
09/07/2021

Introduced Session

87th Legislature 2nd Special Session

Bill Summary

Relating to election integrity and security, including by preventing fraud in the conduct of elections in this state; increasing criminal penalties; creating criminal offenses; providing civil penalties.

AI Summary

This bill relates to election integrity and security, including by preventing fraud in the conduct of elections in Texas. It increases criminal penalties and creates new criminal offenses related to voter fraud and other unlawful election practices. The bill also includes provisions to enhance voter access, ensure that all legally cast ballots are counted, and increase the stability and public confidence in the electoral process. Key provisions of the bill include: Establishing legislative intent for uniform and consistent application of election laws across the state, increasing criminal penalties for certain election-related offenses, creating new criminal offenses such as vote harvesting, prohibiting public officials from distributing unsolicited mail ballot applications, requiring video surveillance of ballot storage areas, mandating randomized audits of elections, expanding the rights and training of poll watchers, and providing expedited court procedures and increased damages for certain election-related lawsuits.

Committee Categories

Government Affairs, Justice

Sponsors (78)

Travis Clardy (R)* Bryan Hughes (R)* Jacey Jetton (R)* J.M. Lozano (R)* Andy Murr (R)* James White (R)* Steve Allison (R),  Doc Anderson (R),  Trent Ashby (R),  Ernest Bailes (R),  Cecil Bell (R),  Keith Bell (R),  Paul Bettencourt (R),  Kyle Biedermann (R),  Brian Birdwell (R),  Greg Bonnen (R),  Dawn Buckingham (R),  Brad Buckley (R),  DeWayne Burns (R),  Dustin Burrows (R),  Briscoe Cain (R),  Donna Campbell (R),  Giovanni Capriglione (R),  Jeff Cason (R),  David Cook (R),  Brandon Creighton (R),  Drew Darby (R),  Jay Dean (R),  Craig Goldman (R),  Bob Hall (R),  Sam Harless (R),  Cody Harris (R),  Cole Hefner (R),  Justin Holland (R),  Dan Huberty (R),  Joan Huffman (R),  Kyle Kacal (R),  Phil King (R),  Stephanie Klick (R),  Lois Kolkhorst (R),  John Kuempel (R),  Jeff Leach (R),  Ben Leman (R),  Will Metcalf (R),  Morgan Meyer (R),  Mayes Middleton (R),  Geanie Morrison (R),  Jim Murphy (R),  Jane Nelson (R),  Robert Nichols (R),  Candy Noble (R),  Tom Oliverson (R),  Chris Paddie (R),  Tan Parker (R),  Jared Patterson (R),  Dennis Paul (R),  Angela Paxton (R),  Charles Perry (R),  Four Price (R),  John Raney (R),  Glenn Rogers (R),  Scott Sanford (R),  Charles Schwertner (R),  Matt Shaheen (R),  Hugh Shine (R),  Bryan Slaton (R),  Shelby Slawson (R),  David Spiller (R),  Drew Springer (R),  Lynn Stucky (R),  Valoree Swanson (R),  Larry Taylor (R),  Ed Thompson (R),  Tony Tinderholt (R),  Steve Toth (R),  Gary VanDeaver (R),  Cody Vasut (R),  Terry Wilson (R), 

Last Action

Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . December 2, 2021 (on 09/07/2021)

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Document Type Source Location
State Bill Page https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=872&Bill=SB1
Analysis (Enrolled) https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/analysis/html/SB00001F.htm
BillText https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/billtext/html/SB00001F.htm
Bill https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/billtext/pdf/SB00001F.pdf
Fiscal Note (Enrolled) https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/fiscalnotes/html/SB00001F.htm
House Amendment (H 2) 39-Clardy https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H239.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 14-Morales, Eddie https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H214.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 19-Goodwin https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H219.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 59-Zwiener https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H259.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 44-González, Mary https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H244.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 54-Rose https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H254.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 62-Krause https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H262.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 45-Moody https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H245.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 21-Middleton https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H221.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 38-Zwiener https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H238.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 2-Murr https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H22.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 31-Schofield https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H231.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 47-Neave https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H247.HTM
House Amendment to Amendment (H 2) 3-Murr https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H23.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 16-Morales, Eddie https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H216.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 17-Bucy https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H217.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 61-Neave https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H261.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 37-Turner, John https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H237.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 63-Clardy https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H263.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 49-Turner, John https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H249.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 1-Anchia https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H21.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 35-Dominguez https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H235.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 25-Dutton https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H225.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 28-Neave https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H228.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 10-White https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H210.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 52-Thompson, Senfronia https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H252.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 8-Dutton https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H28.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 57-Schofield https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H257.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 60-Rose https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H260.HTM
House Amendment to Amendment (H 2) 6-Cook | et al. https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H26.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 18-Howard https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H218.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 20-Slaton https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H220.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 53-Walle https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H253.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 43-González, Mary https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H243.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 24-Dutton https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H224.HTM
House Amendment to Amendment (H 2) 5-Cole https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H25.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 34-Anchia https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H234.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 27-Bucy https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H227.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 12-Slaton https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H212.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 11-Bucy https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H211.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 48-Dominguez https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H248.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 42-Zwiener https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H242.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 23-Perez https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H223.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 46-González, Mary https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H246.HTM
House Amendment to Amendment (H 2) 7-Thompson, Senfronia https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H27.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 13-Rose https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H213.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 55-Jetton https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H255.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 26-Zwiener https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H226.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 58-Cain https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H258.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 30-Slaton https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H230.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 41-Zwiener https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H241.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 40-Ortega https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H240.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 32-Klick https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H232.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 22-Swanson https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H222.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 33-Dutton https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H233.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 29-Klick https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H229.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 50-Allison https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H250.HTM
House Amendment to Amendment (H 2) 51-Cain https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H251.HTM
House Amendment to Amendment (H 2) 56-Jetton https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H256.HTM
House Amendment to Amendment (H 2) 4-Cain https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H24.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 9-Cole https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H29.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 15-Cain https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H215.HTM
House Amendment (H 2) 36-Rosenthal https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H236.HTM
BillText https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/billtext/html/SB00001H.htm
Bill https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/billtext/pdf/SB00001H.pdf
Fiscal Note (House Committee Report) https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/fiscalnotes/html/SB00001H.htm
Analysis (House Committee Report) https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/analysis/html/SB00001H.htm
Fiscal Note (Engrossed) https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/fiscalnotes/html/SB00001E.htm
Senate Amendment (S 2) F9-West https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001S2F9.HTM
Senate Amendment (S 2) F5-Zaffirini https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001S2F5.HTM
Senate Amendment (S 2) F4-Bettencourt https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001S2F4.HTM
Senate Amendment (S 2) F7-Zaffirini https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001S2F7.HTM
Senate Amendment (S 2) F12-West https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001S2F12.HTM
Senate Amendment (S 2) F2-Hughes https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001S2F2.HTM
Senate Amendment (S 2) F10-Hinojosa https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001S2F10.HTM
Senate Amendment (S 2) F11-West https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001S2F11.HTM
Senate Amendment (S 2) F1-Hughes https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001S2F1.HTM
Senate Amendment (S 2) F3-Johnson https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001S2F3.HTM
Senate Amendment (S 2) F6-Bettencourt https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001S2F6.HTM
Senate Amendment (S 2) F8-Hinojosa https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001S2F8.HTM
BillText https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/billtext/html/SB00001E.htm
Bill https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/billtext/pdf/SB00001E.pdf
BillText https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/billtext/html/SB00001S.htm
Bill https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/billtext/pdf/SB00001S.pdf
Analysis (Senate Committee Report) https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/analysis/html/SB00001S.htm
Fiscal Note (Senate Committee Report) https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/fiscalnotes/html/SB00001S.htm
Fiscal Note (Introduced) https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/fiscalnotes/html/SB00001I.htm
Analysis (Introduced) https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/analysis/html/SB00001I.htm
BillText https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/billtext/html/SB00001I.htm
Bill https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/billtext/pdf/SB00001I.pdf
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