Bill > HB1519

This bill establishes a new requirement that elections involving bond issuance or tax increases must be held exclusively on the November uniform election date in Texas, which is a standard date when many local and state elections are conducted. The legislation prevents such elections from being held as emergency elections and mandates that if any existing law requires these elections to occur on a different date, the administering authority must reschedule the election to the November uniform election date. The bill applies only to elections ordered on or after its effective date of September 1, 2025, meaning elections ordered before that date will still be governed by the previous election rules. By standardizing the timing of these financially significant elections, the bill aims to potentially increase voter awareness and participation by consolidating these important fiscal decisions to a single, predictable election date each year.

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https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=HB1519