HB2259 • 2025

Relating to the instructions for an application form for an early voting ballot.

Elections

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor: DeAyala | Cortez
Last action: 2025-06-20
Official status: 06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Effective date: 2025-06-20

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Relating to the instructions for an application form for an early voting ballot.

What This Bill Does

Relating to the instructions for an application form for an early voting ballot.

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Bill History

2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online
Signed by the Governor
2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online
Effective on 9/1/25
2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online
Sent to the Governor
2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online
Signed in the House
2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online
Signed in the Senate
2025-05-26 Texas Legislature Online
Reported enrolled
2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online
Placed on local & uncontested calendar
2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online
Laid before the Senate
2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online
Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online
Vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online
Three day rule suspended
2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online
Record vote
2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online
Read 3rd time
2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online
Passed
2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online
Record vote
2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online
Senate passage reported
2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online
Reported favorably w/o amendments
2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online
Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online
Vote taken in committee
2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in public hearing
2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online
Left pending in committee
2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online
Received from the House
2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online
Read first time
2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online
Referred to State Affairs
2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online
Read 3rd time
2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online
Passed
2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online
Record vote. RV#1124
2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online
Reported engrossed
2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online
Read 2nd time
2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online
Passed to engrossment
2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online
Record vote. RV#1083
2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in Calendars
2025-04-15 Texas Legislature Online
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
2025-04-14 Texas Legislature Online
Committee report distributed
2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
2025-04-03 Texas Legislature Online
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-04-03 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-03 Texas Legislature Online
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-04-03 Texas Legislature Online
Left pending in committee
2025-03-14 Texas Legislature Online
Read first time
2025-03-14 Texas Legislature Online
Referred to Elections
2025-01-30 Texas Legislature Online
Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the instructions for an application form for an early voting ballot.

Current Bill Text

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89(R) HB 2259 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

H.B. No. 2259

AN ACT

relating to the instructions for an application form for an early

voting ballot.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 84, Election Code, is

amended by adding Section 84.0112 to read as follows:

Sec.

84.0112.

OFFICIAL APPLICATION FORM INSTRUCTIONS. (a)

The secretary of state shall prescribe instructions to be printed

for the officially prescribed application form for an early voting

ballot. The instructions must:

(1)

be presented in portrait orientation on a single

piece of paper that is 8-1/2 by 11 inches;

(2)

be printed in Calibri or Aptos font in at least

12-point font or the largest font size that allows the instructions

to fit on a single piece of paper, as determined by the secretary;

and

(3)

contain bold print, as determined necessary by the

secretary, to adequately relate the instructions to an item on the

application.

(b)

The secretary shall prescribe instructions to be

printed along with the officially prescribed application form for

an early voting ballot in each language appropriate to the

demographic composition of this state in the form and manner

prescribed by Subsection (a).

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2259 was passed by the House on May 1,

2025, by the following vote: Yeas 131, Nays 1, 1 present, not

voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2259 was passed by the Senate on May

25, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

_____________________

Governor