HR 1 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to the nomination and election procedures for speaker.

This procedural resolution changes how Texas House members elect their speaker. It requires members to make 5-minute nomination speeches (determined by lot), mandates nominations be seconded with 4-minute speeches, and standardizes voting: color-coded machines for 2-3 candidates or roll call for 4+ candidates. The process directly affects all Texas House members during each legislative session's speaker selection. It implements specific election procedures under the Texas Constitution without altering substantive policy.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2025
Committee Review
House Passage
Jan 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Jan 13, 2025 Last action Jan 14, 2025
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Introduced Enrolled · 1 edit
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The bill text was reformatted from a multi-page document with page numbers and headers into a single continuous text block. The substantive policy content regarding the election of the House Speaker, including nomination procedures, voting methods, and runoff rules, remains unchanged.
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Removed page headers, footers, and line numbers that were part of the original multi-page document layout, consolidating the text into a single continuous format.

Floor votes · House Jan 14, 2025

How they voted

1441
Passed
Total votes 145
Jan 14, 2025
D Democratic57
56 Yea 1 Nay
98% Yea
R Republican88
88 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
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Jan 14, 2025
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