Relating to the omission of a deceased candidate from the ballot in certain elections.
Bill status
passed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2023
Committee Review
May 2023
House Passage
May 2023
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 14, 2023
Last action May 24, 2023
Floor votes · House May 5, 2023
How they voted
131–3
Passed · 5 other
Total votes 139
May 5, 2023
D
Democratic60
90% Yea
R
Republican79
97% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
34
Key actions
11
Committee
11
May 19, 2023
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
May 19, 2023
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendments
upper
May 18, 2023
Upper · Passed
Vote taken in committee
upper
May 18, 2023
Upper · Passed
Testimony taken in committee
upper
May 10, 2023
Committee
Referred to State Affairs
upper
May 10, 2023
Introduced
Read first time
upper
May 8, 2023
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
May 6, 2023
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
May 5, 2023
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment
lower
Apr 20, 2023
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Apr 20, 2023
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 13, 2023
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably as substituted
lower
Mar 30, 2023
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Mar 30, 2023
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Mar 14, 2023
Committee
Referred to Elections
lower
Mar 14, 2023
Introduced
Read first time
lower
3 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Angela Paxton
RRepublican
P
KK
Kyle Kacal
RRepublican
P
Trent Ashby
RRepublican
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