HB 3918 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to information on local regulations governing the placement of political signs in a municipality.

HB 3918 requires Texas municipalities to publish two specific items online: (1) all local rules governing where political signs can be placed, and (2) a map showing areas where signs are regulated or banned. It also mandates that municipal clerks send these materials to local candidates, elections officers, and county political party officials. The law aims to increase transparency about sign placement rules, directly affecting municipalities' public information practices and political candidates' access to local regulations. The bill takes effect September 1, 2025, and is currently pending in the State Affairs committee.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 27, 2025 Last action May 16, 2025
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Introduced Engrossed · 3 edits · May 15, 2025
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The bill text was reformatted and cleaned up, removing extraneous metadata and standardizing formatting. The substantive legislative content regarding local political sign regulations remains unchanged.
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Removed metadata headers, page numbers, and formatting artifacts from the original introduced version

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Floor votes · House May 14, 2025

How they voted

1308
Passed · 6 other
Total votes 144
May 14, 2025
D Democratic59
56 Yea 3
94% Yea
R Republican85
74 Yea 8 Nay 3
87% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
25
Key actions
7
Committee
7
May 16, 2025
Committee
Referred to State Affairs
upper
May 16, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
upper
May 15, 2025
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
May 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
May 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment
lower
May 6, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
May 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Apr 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Apr 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Mar 27, 2025
Committee
Referred to Elections
lower
Mar 27, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
3 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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