SB 396 Texas Senate · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to confirmation of a voter's residence by a voter registrar.

SB 396 amends Texas Election Code Section 15.051(a) to require voter registrars to send written confirmation notices to voters in specific situations. It directly affects voters whose registration address is a commercial post office box, who haven’t voted in 25 months after a general election, or whose residence is suspected of changing. The key mechanism is a written notice demanding voters verify their current residence address. The bill takes effect September 1, 2025, and does not alter voter eligibility or removal procedures.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Nov 2024
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Nov 20, 2024 Last action May 5, 2025
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Introduced Engrossed · 3 edits · Apr 1, 2025
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The bill text was significantly reformatted from a draft introduction version to an official engrossed version, with minor text corrections for consistency. The substantive policy content regarding voter residence confirmation requirements remains unchanged, though formatting was standardized and some bracketed editorial text was removed.
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Removed bracketed editorial text and inconsistent formatting from the draft version to produce the final engrossed bill text.

Added header information identifying the bill as SB 396 Engrossed version with sponsor attribution.

Removed unrelated text about TLO digital content accessibility standards that appeared in the draft version.

Floor votes · Senate Apr 1, 2025

How they voted

2010
Passed
Total votes 30
Apr 1, 2025
D Democratic10
10 Nay
100% Nay
R Republican20
20 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
33
Key actions
11
Committee
10
Amendments
3
May 5, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
May 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 28, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Apr 9, 2025
Committee
Referred to Elections
lower
Apr 9, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Introduced
Received from the Senate
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
Apr 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed to engrossment as amended
upper
Apr 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
Amended
upper
Apr 1, 2025
Introduced
Amendment(s) offered
upper
Mar 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
Mar 26, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendments
upper
Mar 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Vote taken in committee
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Left pending in committee
upper
Mar 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Testimony taken in committee
upper
Feb 3, 2025
Committee
Referred to State Affairs
upper
Feb 3, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
upper
7 primary · 2 co-sponsors

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