HB2442 • 2025

Relating to an application for an early voting ballot by mail.

Elections

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Bucy
Last action: 2025-05-15
Official status: 05/15/2025 H Failed to pass
Effective date: Not listed

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Relating to an application for an early voting ballot by mail.

What This Bill Does

Relating to an application for an early voting ballot by mail.

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Bill History

2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online
Read 3rd time
2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online
Failed to pass
2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online
Record vote. RV#2615
2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online
Laid out as postponed business
2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online
Passed to engrossment
2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online
Record vote. RV#2497
2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online
Read 2nd time
2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online
Postponed. 5/14/25 10:49 AM
2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in Calendars
2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online
Committee report distributed
2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in formal meeting
2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online
Left pending in committee
2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online
Read first time
2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online
Referred to Elections
2025-02-05 Texas Legislature Online
Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to an application for an early voting ballot by mail.

Current Bill Text

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89(R) HB 2442 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text

89R10257 JDK-D

By: Bucy

H.B. No. 2442

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to an application for an early voting ballot by mail.

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

SECTION 1. Section 84.001, Election Code, is amended by

amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (e-1) to read as

follows:

(e)
Except as provided by Subsection (e-1), an application

[
An applicant
] for a ballot to be voted by mail
serves as an

application both
[
may apply
] for
a ballot
[
ballots
] for the main

election and
for
any resulting runoff election [
on the same

application
]. If an application [
for the main election and any

resulting runoff
] is not timely for the main election, it will be

considered timely for any resulting runoff if received not later

than the deadline, determined using the date of the runoff

election, for submitting a regular application for a ballot to be

voted by mail.

(e-1)

An applicant for a ballot to be voted by mail for the

main election may request not to receive a ballot for a resulting

runoff election.

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