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Voting, voter registration, redistricting, and how elections are run.

79 bills filed for 2027 so far

Matched from the Legislature's official subject index, or caption words for bills not yet indexed.

• HB 127Relating to the provision of the reason for rejecting a voter registration application.Rep. Flores
• HB 150Relating to electronic voter registration.Rep. Bucy
• HB 162Relating to the establishment of the Texas Redistricting Commission.Rep. Johnson
• HB 180Relating to ensuring access to the right to vote by all eligible voters.Rep. Bucy
• HB 229Relating to voter approval of certain contracts by a municipality or county with a private entity.Rep. Leo Wilson
• HB 238Relating to increasing the threshold of voter approval for a school district bond election.Rep. Olcott
• HB 260Relating to the reapportionment of state legislative, congressional, and judicial districts and the functions and duties of the independent redistricting commission.Rep. Howard
• HB 274Relating to the reading and marking of a ballot by a person occupying a voting station or by the person's child.Rep. Guillen
• HB 283Relating to the applicability to election judges of a prohibition on the carrying of a concealed handgun at a polling place.Rep. Isaac
• HB 304Relating to early voting by mail by any qualified voter and to the repeal of certain criminal offenses concerning the solicitation and distribution of an application to vote by mail.Rep. Bucy
• HB 312Relating to allowing a person who will be 18 years of age on the date of the general election for state and county officers to vote in the preceding primary elections.Rep. Howard
• HB 337Relating to the registration of voters at a polling place and related procedures.Rep. Bucy
• HB 353Relating to the uniform election date.Rep. Isaac
• HB 371Relating to the adoption of two budgets by a political subdivision that adopts an ad valorem tax rate that exceeds the political subdivision's voter-approval tax rate.Rep. Wilson
• HB 402Relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting.Rep. Bucy
• HB 406Relating to identifying an individual with veteran's status and providing notice to the Texas Veterans Commission.Rep. Garcia, Josey
• HB 407Relating to replacing "Confederate Heroes Day" with election day as a state holiday.Rep. Bucy
• HB 427Relating to a criminal offense for the creation or distribution of certain artificially generated media with the intent to influence the outcome of an election.Rep. González, Mary
• HB 437Relating to a criminal offense for creating and distributing certain misleading videos with the intent to influence the outcome of an election.Rep. González, Mary
• HB 447Relating to an application for a ballot to be voted by mail submitted by certain residents of an assisted living facility, a nursing facility, or an intermediate care facility.Rep. Leach
• HB 449Relating to the procedures for voting after changing residence to another county.Rep. Bucy
• HB 463Relating to requirements for counties posting election information on an Internet website.Rep. Bucy
• HB 467Relating to notification by the secretary of state when a person convicted of a felony may register to vote.Rep. Bucy
• HB 472Relating to the establishment of countywide polling places for a primary or runoff primary election.Rep. Bucy
• HB 476Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of disseminating personally identifiable voter information.Rep. Guillen
• HB 479Relating to qualifications and registration of certain voters convicted of a felony.Rep. Bucy
• HB 481Relating to the electronic transmission of a ballot to a voter voting early by mail on the ground of absence from the county of residence.Rep. Bucy
• HB 498Relating to a local option election on the sale of certain alcoholic beverages on Sunday.Rep. Bucy
• HB 504Relating to the secretary of state posting on the secretary of state's Internet website databases containing certain information about elections.Rep. Bucy
• HB 519Relating to an application for an early voting ballot by mail.Rep. Bucy
• HB 531Relating to the filing fee for nomination by convention.Rep. Bucy
• HB 535Relating to postage requirements and restrictions for early voting ballots voted by mail.Rep. Bucy
• HB 539Relating to election dates.Rep. Guillen
• HB 570Relating to providing water to voters near a polling place.Rep. Lalani
• HB 574Relating to providing voters access to a restroom facility at a polling place.Rep. Lalani
• HB 639Relating to required disclosures on certain political advertising that contains altered media; creating a criminal offense.Rep. Bhojani
• HB 671Relating to required disclosures on certain political advertising that contains altered media; creating a criminal offense.Rep. Gámez
• HB 676Relating to political advertising distributed or broadcast as part of a mass text message campaign and the assessment of civil penalties for required disclosures on certain political advertising.Rep. Gámez
• HB 687Relating to the vote required in an election to approve an ad valorem tax rate that exceeds a taxing unit's voter-approval tax rate; making conforming changes.Rep. Harrison
• HB 689Relating to the calculation of certain ad valorem tax rates of a taxing unit and the manner in which a proposed ad valorem tax rate that exceeds the voter-approval tax rate is approved; making conforming changes.Rep. Harrison
• HB 706Relating to election and public hearing requirements before a municipality may enter into a data center development agreement under certain economic development programs.Rep. Ochoa
• HB 774Relating to campaign contribution limits for certain offices.Rep. Zwiener
• HB 775Relating to the designation of polling place locations on the campuses of certain general academic teaching institutions.Rep. Sethi
• HB 780Relating to acceptable forms of identification for voting.Rep. Zwiener
• HB 782Relating to the ability of a voter registrar and volunteer deputy registrar to distribute and receive applications for a ballot to be voted by mail.Rep. Zwiener
• HB 791Relating to the electronic filing with the Texas Ethics Commission of certain reports of political contributions and expenditures.Rep. Zwiener
• HB 799Relating to the designation of polling place locations on the campuses of general academic teaching institutions.Rep. Reynolds
• HB 809Relating to requiring notice regarding the potential eligibility to vote of certain persons convicted of a felony.Rep. Reynolds
• HB 825Relating to the text of ballot propositions that increase taxes.Rep. Harrison
• HB 828Relating to the authority of a political subdivision to propose for voter approval the issuance of general obligation bonds for a purpose rejected by voters at a bond election held during the preceding five years.Rep. Harrison
• HB 835Relating to eligibility requirements for voting.Rep. Harrison
• HB 858Relating to electronic voter registration.Rep. Anchía
• HB 870Relating to declaring an unopposed candidate nominated or elected.Rep. Anchía
• HB 903Relating to the right of a member of the public to address certain state governmental bodies at an open meeting of the body.Rep. Canales
• HB 908Relating to comments by members of the public at an open meeting of a governmental body on items not on the agenda for that meeting.Rep. Canales
• HB 911Relating to allowing pregnant individuals to vote by mail if they will be in the second or third trimester on election day.Rep. Plesa
• HB 942Relating to a local option election on the sale of alcoholic beverages in certain areas of a municipality and the local regulation of premises in those areas.Rep. Bowers
• HB 953Relating to the Independent Citizen Redistricting Commission and the redistricting of the districts used to elect members of the United States House of Representatives, the Texas Legislature, and the State Board of Education.Rep. Lopez-Resendez
• HB 967Relating to a person submitting proof of citizenship to verify eligibility to vote in Texas.Rep. Landgraf
• HB 969Relating to acceptable forms of photo identification for the purposes of voting.Rep. Hayes
• HB 984Relating to the Independent Citizen Redistricting Commission and the redistricting of the districts used to elect members of the United States House of Representatives, the Texas Legislature, and the State Board of Education.Rep. Bucy
• SB 46Relating to required disclosures on certain political advertising that contains altered media; creating a criminal offense.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 78Relating to the conversion of all or a portion of a municipal sales and use tax originally adopted for the purpose of sports and community venues to a municipal sales and use tax for economic development purposes.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 79Relating to the establishment of the Texas Redistricting Commission.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 84Relating to grounds for recounting paperless electronic voting system ballots.Sen. Zaffirini
• SB 101Relating to the designation of polling place locations on the campuses of certain institutions of higher education.Sen. Menéndez, Alvarado, Cook, Molly, Gutierrez, Rehmet
• SB 102Relating to requiring a voter to present proof of identification.Sen. Menéndez, Alvarado, Gutierrez
• SB 103Relating to early voting by mail by any qualified voter and to the repeal of certain criminal offenses concerning the solicitation and distribution of an application to vote by mail.Sen. Menéndez, Alvarado, Cook, Molly, Gutierrez, Rehmet
• SB 104Relating to registration powers of volunteer deputy registrars.Sen. Menéndez, Alvarado, Cook, Molly, Gutierrez, Rehmet
• SB 145Relating to requiring public schools to designate certain uniform election dates as staff development days.Sen. Menéndez
• SB 190Relating to the uniform election date.Sen. Hall
• SB 196Relating to the availability of paper ballots for a person voting by personal appearance.Sen. Hall
• SB 230Relating to electronic voter registration.Sen. Alvarado, Cook, Molly, Gutierrez, Menéndez, Rehmet
• SB 296Relating to the siting, construction, permitting, and operation of certain data centers; requiring local option elections; imposing a temporary moratorium; establishing an annual payments to county residents; repealing certain tax exemptions; providing civil penalties.Sen. Gutierrez
• HJR 22Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the Independent Citizen Redistricting Commission to redistrict the Texas Legislature, Texas congressional districts, and State Board of Education districts and revising procedures for redistricting.Rep. Bucy
• HJR 33Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing certain persons under the age of 18 to vote in a primary election.Rep. Bucy
• HJR 54Proposing a constitutional amendment to reserve to the people the powers of initiative and referendum.Rep. Zwiener
• HJR 65Proposing a constitutional amendment authorizing certain persons under the age of 18 to vote in a primary election.Rep. Howard
• HJR 66Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the Independent Citizen Redistricting Commission to redistrict the Texas Legislature, Texas congressional districts, and State Board of Education districts and revising procedures for redistricting.Rep. Lopez-Resendez