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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 Created
State Bill Page https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=872&Bill=SB1 08/07/2021
Analysis (Enrolled) https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/analysis/html/SB00001F.htm 09/10/2021
BillText https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/billtext/html/SB00001F.htm 09/01/2021
Bill https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/billtext/pdf/SB00001F.pdf 09/01/2021
Fiscal Note (Enrolled) https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/fiscalnotes/html/SB00001F.htm 09/01/2021
House Amendment to Amendment (H 2) 5-Cole https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H25.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 34-Anchia https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H234.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 27-Bucy https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H227.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 12-Slaton https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H212.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 11-Bucy https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H211.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 48-Dominguez https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H248.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 42-Zwiener https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H242.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 23-Perez https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H223.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 46-González, Mary https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H246.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment to Amendment (H 2) 7-Thompson, Senfronia https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H27.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 13-Rose https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H213.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 55-Jetton https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H255.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 26-Zwiener https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H226.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 58-Cain https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H258.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 30-Slaton https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H230.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 41-Zwiener https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H241.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 40-Ortega https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H240.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 32-Klick https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H232.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 22-Swanson https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H222.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 33-Dutton https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H233.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 29-Klick https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H229.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 50-Allison https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H250.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment to Amendment (H 2) 51-Cain https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H251.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment to Amendment (H 2) 56-Jetton https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H256.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment to Amendment (H 2) 4-Cain https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H24.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 9-Cole https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H29.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 15-Cain https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H215.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 36-Rosenthal https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H236.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 39-Clardy https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H239.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 14-Morales, Eddie https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H214.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 19-Goodwin https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H219.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 59-Zwiener https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H259.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 44-González, Mary https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H244.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 54-Rose https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H254.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 62-Krause https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H262.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 45-Moody https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H245.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 21-Middleton https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H221.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 38-Zwiener https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H238.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 2-Murr https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H22.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 31-Schofield https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H231.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 47-Neave https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H247.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment to Amendment (H 2) 3-Murr https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H23.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 16-Morales, Eddie https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H216.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 17-Bucy https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H217.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 61-Neave https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H261.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 37-Turner, John https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H237.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 63-Clardy https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H263.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 49-Turner, John https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H249.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 1-Anchia https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H21.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 35-Dominguez https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H235.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 25-Dutton https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H225.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 28-Neave https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H228.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 10-White https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H210.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 52-Thompson, Senfronia https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H252.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 8-Dutton https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H28.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 57-Schofield https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H257.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 60-Rose https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H260.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment to Amendment (H 2) 6-Cook | et al. https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H26.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 18-Howard https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H218.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 20-Slaton https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H220.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 53-Walle https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H253.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 43-González, Mary https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H243.HTM 08/29/2021
House Amendment (H 2) 24-Dutton https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001H224.HTM 08/29/2021
BillText https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/billtext/html/SB00001H.htm 08/25/2021
Bill https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/billtext/pdf/SB00001H.pdf 08/25/2021
Fiscal Note (House Committee Report) https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/fiscalnotes/html/SB00001H.htm 08/25/2021
Analysis (House Committee Report) https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/analysis/html/SB00001H.htm 08/25/2021
Fiscal Note (Engrossed) https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/fiscalnotes/html/SB00001E.htm 08/22/2021
Senate Amendment (S 2) F9-West https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001S2F9.HTM 08/13/2021
Senate Amendment (S 2) F5-Zaffirini https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001S2F5.HTM 08/13/2021
Senate Amendment (S 2) F4-Bettencourt https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001S2F4.HTM 08/13/2021
Senate Amendment (S 2) F7-Zaffirini https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001S2F7.HTM 08/13/2021
Senate Amendment (S 2) F12-West https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001S2F12.HTM 08/13/2021
Senate Amendment (S 2) F2-Hughes https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001S2F2.HTM 08/13/2021
Senate Amendment (S 2) F10-Hinojosa https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001S2F10.HTM 08/13/2021
Senate Amendment (S 2) F11-West https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001S2F11.HTM 08/13/2021
Senate Amendment (S 2) F1-Hughes https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001S2F1.HTM 08/13/2021
Senate Amendment (S 2) F3-Johnson https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001S2F3.HTM 08/13/2021
Senate Amendment (S 2) F6-Bettencourt https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001S2F6.HTM 08/13/2021
Senate Amendment (S 2) F8-Hinojosa https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/amendments/html/SB00001S2F8.HTM 08/13/2021
BillText https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/billtext/html/SB00001E.htm 08/13/2021
Bill https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/billtext/pdf/SB00001E.pdf 08/13/2021
BillText https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/billtext/html/SB00001S.htm 08/10/2021
Bill https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/billtext/pdf/SB00001S.pdf 08/10/2021
Analysis (Senate Committee Report) https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/analysis/html/SB00001S.htm 08/10/2021
Fiscal Note (Senate Committee Report) https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/fiscalnotes/html/SB00001S.htm 08/10/2021
Fiscal Note (Introduced) https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/fiscalnotes/html/SB00001I.htm 08/09/2021
Analysis (Introduced) https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/analysis/html/SB00001I.htm 08/08/2021
BillText https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/billtext/html/SB00001I.htm 08/07/2021
Bill https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/872/billtext/pdf/SB00001I.pdf 08/07/2021
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