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SB396 • 2025

Relating to confirmation of a voter's residence by a voter registrar.

Relating to confirmation of a voter's residence by a voter registrar.

Elections
Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
Kolkhorst | Bettencourt
Last action
2025-05-05
Official status
05/05/2025 H Committee report sent to Calendars
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 confirmation of a voter's residence by a voter registrar.

Relating to confirmation of a voter's residence by a voter registrar.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to confirmation of a voter's residence by a voter registrar.

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  • 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. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  2. 2025-05-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  3. 2025-05-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  4. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  5. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  6. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  7. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Elections

  8. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the Senate

  9. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-author authorized

  10. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  11. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  12. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  13. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Amendment(s) offered. FA1 Kolkhorst

  14. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Amended

  15. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  16. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment as amended

  17. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  18. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  19. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  20. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  21. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  22. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  23. 2025-04-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  24. 2025-03-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  25. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  26. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  27. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  28. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  29. 2025-03-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  30. 2025-03-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  31. 2025-03-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  32. 2025-03-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  33. 2025-02-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-author authorized

  34. 2025-02-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  35. 2025-02-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to State Affairs

  36. 2024-11-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

  37. 2024-11-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to confirmation of a voter's residence by a voter registrar.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) SB 396 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text

By: Kolkhorst, et al.

S.B. No. 396

(Gerdes, Isaac, Swanson, Toth, Wilson)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to confirmation of a voter's residence by a voter

registrar.

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

SECTION 1. Section 15.051(a), Election Code, is amended to

read as follows:

(a)
The
[
If the registrar has reason to believe that a

voter's current residence is different from that indicated on the

registration records, or that the voter's residence address is a

commercial post office box or similar location that does not

correspond to a residence, the
] registrar shall deliver to
a
[
the
]

voter a written confirmation notice requesting confirmation of the

voter's current residence
if:

(1)

the voter's residence address is a commercial post

office box or similar location that does not correspond to a

residence;

(2) on November 30 following a general election:

(A)

the voter's name is not on the suspense list;

and

(B)

the voter has not voted in any election

during the previous 25 months; or

(3)

the registrar has any other reason to believe that

a voter's current residence is different from that indicated on the

registration records
.

SECTION 2. If the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025,

appropriates money to the secretary of state for the purpose of

providing additional funding for counties to administer the

requirements of this Act, the secretary of state may allocate the

appropriated amount to county voter registrars to defray the

expenses incurred by the registrars to comply with the requirements

of this Act.

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