Relating to requiring the ballots of certain counties to be scannable.
HB 3113 requires counties in Texas that manually count paper ballots to use ballots designed to be scanned by automatic tabulating equipment. This affects counties currently conducting hand counts of paper ballots, mandating they adopt scannable ballot formats by September 1, 2025. The bill specifies that ballots must be compatible with existing election equipment to ensure accurate processing during elections.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 20, 2025
Last action May 8, 2025
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Introduced
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Engrossed
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2 edits
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Apr 29, 2025
MINOR
The bill text was reformatted and cleaned up during its legislative journey from introduction to engrossed version. The core policy content remains the same, requiring ballots in certain Texas counties to be scannable by optical scanners when hand counts are used.
TECHNICAL
The bill text underwent formatting cleanup and reorganization, removing redundant headers and standardizing the layout for final legislative printing.
Minor wording adjustment changed 'automatic tabulating equipment' to 'optical scanner' in the requirements section for clarity.
Floor votes · House Apr 28, 2025
How they voted
131–12
Passed
Total votes 143
Apr 28, 2025
D
Democratic57
98% Yea
R
Republican86
87% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
31
Key actions
9
Committee
9
May 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
Left pending in committee
upper
May 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
Testimony taken in committee
upper
May 5, 2025
Committee
Referred to State Affairs
upper
May 5, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
upper
Apr 29, 2025
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
Apr 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
Apr 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment
lower
Apr 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Apr 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably as substituted
lower
Apr 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Apr 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Mar 20, 2025
Committee
Referred to Elections
lower
Mar 20, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
5 primary · 5 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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