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HB4309 • 2025

Relating to the filing fee for nomination by convention.

Relating to the filing fee for nomination by convention.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Bucy | Raymond | Vo
Last action
2025-05-13
Official status
05/13/2025 H Failed to pass to engrossment
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Relating to the filing fee for nomination by convention.

Relating to the filing fee for nomination by convention.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the filing fee for nomination by convention.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  2. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Failed to pass to engrossment

  3. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#2395

  4. 2025-05-13 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  5. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  6. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  7. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  8. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  9. 2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  10. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  11. 2025-05-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  12. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  13. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  14. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  15. 2025-04-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  16. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  17. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Elections

  18. 2025-03-11 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the filing fee for nomination by convention.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 4309 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text

89R15847 AB-F

By: Bucy, Raymond, Vo

H.B. No. 4309

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the filing fee for nomination by convention.

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

SECTION 1. Section 181.0311(a), Election Code, is amended

to read as follows:

(a) In addition to any other requirements, to be considered

for nomination by convention, a candidate must:

(1) pay a filing fee to the [
secretary of
] state
chair

for a statewide or district office or the county
chair
[
judge
] for a

county or precinct office; or

(2) submit to the [
secretary of
] state
chair
for a

statewide or district office or the county
chair
[
judge
] for a

county or precinct office a petition in lieu of a filing fee that

satisfies the requirements prescribed by Subsection (e) and Section

141.062.

SECTION 2. Sections 181.0311(c) and (d), Election Code, are

repealed.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.