Relating to the penalty for the offense of illegal voting; increasing a criminal penalty.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
House Passage
May 2023
Senate Passage
May 2023
Signed into Law
Jun 2023
Introduced Mar 3, 2023
Signed Jun 13, 2023
Floor votes · House Apr 28, 2023
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
70
Key actions
21
Committee
16
Amendments
5
Jun 13, 2023
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
May 29, 2023
Upper · Passed
Signed in the Senate
upper
May 29, 2023
Lower · Passed
Signed in the House
lower
May 28, 2023
Upper · Passed
Senate adopts conference committee report
upper
May 28, 2023
Lower · Passed
House adopts conference committee report
lower
May 26, 2023
Upper · Passed
House requests conference committee-reported
upper
May 26, 2023
Lower · Passed
House requests conference committee
lower
May 26, 2023
Introduced
House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
lower
May 25, 2023
Introduced
Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
lower
May 25, 2023
Introduced
Senate Amendments distributed
lower
May 25, 2023
Lower · Passed
Senate passage as amended reported
lower
May 24, 2023
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
May 22, 2023
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
May 22, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably as substituted
upper
May 21, 2023
Upper · Passed
Vote taken in committee
upper
May 15, 2023
Upper · Passed
Left pending in committee
upper
May 15, 2023
Upper · Passed
Testimony taken in committee
upper
May 1, 2023
Committee
Referred to State Affairs
upper
May 1, 2023
Introduced
Read first time
upper
May 1, 2023
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
Apr 28, 2023
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
Apr 27, 2023
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment
lower
Apr 27, 2023
Amended
Amendment fails of adoption
lower
Apr 25, 2023
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Apr 25, 2023
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 20, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Apr 13, 2023
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Apr 13, 2023
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Mar 3, 2023
Committee
Referred to Elections
lower
Mar 3, 2023
Introduced
Read first time
lower
6 primary · 25 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
AM
Andy Murr
RRepublican
P
Bryan Hughes
RRepublican
P
Cole Hefner
RRepublican
P
CG
Craig Goldman
RRepublican
P
David Spiller
RRepublican
P
Jeff Leach
RRepublican
Co
Angela Paxton
RRepublican
Co
Ben Bumgarner
RRepublican
Co
Brandon Creighton
RRepublican
Co
Brian Birdwell
RRepublican
Co
Brian Harrison
RRepublican
Co
Candy Noble
RRepublican
Co
Carrie Isaac
RRepublican
Co
David Cook
RRepublican
Co
Dennis Paul
RRepublican
Co
Drew Darby
RRepublican
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