CS/HB 991: Election Integrity
GENERAL BILL by Government Operations Subcommittee ; Persons-Mulicka ; Trabulsy
Election Integrity; Revises provisions related to election integrity including reports, voter registration, citizenship verification, voter registration, voter registration systems, supervisors of elections, provisional ballots, voter eligibility, Division of Elections, forms of identification, ballot marking, audits, certification of elections, voting systems, canvassing boards, Election Canvassing Commission, election results, vote validation, system validation, manual reviews, election fraud, contributions & expenditures, identification cards, & racketeering activity.
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Bill History
Date Chamber Action 1/5/2026 House • Filed
1/12/2026 House • Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee
• Referred to State Affairs Committee
• Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
1/13/2026 House • 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
2/3/2026 House • PCS added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
2/5/2026 House • Favorable with CS by Government Operations Subcommittee
2/6/2026 House • Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee
• Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
• CS Filed
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CS/HB 991, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 2/6/2026 at 3:10 PM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: Government Operations Subcommittee (Post-Meeting) 2/6/2026 (pdf)
Related Bills (2)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills H 985 Voter Registration and Identification Jacques Compare Last Action: 1/13/2026 H 1st Reading (Original Filed Version) 
S 1334 (c1) Elections Grall Compare Last Action: 2/6/2026 S Now in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
Citations - Statutes (34)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 97.021 Definitions. Page 7 (pdf) 97.022 Office of Election Crimes and Security; creation; purpose and duties. Page 9 (pdf) 97.051 Oath upon registering. Page 10 (pdf) 97.052 Uniform statewide voter registration application. Page 10 (pdf) 97.0525 Online voter registration. Page 11 (pdf) 97.053 Acceptance of voter registration applications. Page 14 (pdf) 97.057 Voter registration by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Page 16 (pdf) 98.045 Administration of voter registration. Page 17 (pdf) 98.065 Registration list maintenance programs. Page 72 (pdf) 98.075 Registration records maintenance activities; ineligibility determinations. Page 19 (pdf) 98.0755 Appeal of determination of ineligibility. Page 73 (pdf) 98.093 Duty of officials to furnish information relating to deceased persons, persons adjudicated mentally incapacitated, persons convicted of a felony, and persons who are not United States citizens. Page 29 (pdf) 98.094 Page 31 (pdf) 101.043 Identification required at polls. Page 33 (pdf) 101.048 Provisional ballots. Page 61 (pdf) 101.151 Specifications for ballots. Page 38 (pdf) 101.5606 Requirements for approval of systems. Page 38 (pdf) 101.56075 Voting methods. Page 38 (pdf) 101.5608 Voting by electronic or electromechanical method; procedures. Page 39 (pdf) 101.5612 Testing of tabulating equipment. Page 41 (pdf) 101.591 Voting system audit. Page 41 (pdf) 101.5911 Rulemaking authority for voting system audit procedures. Page 45 (pdf) 101.595 Analysis and reports of voting problems. Page 45 (pdf) 101.67 Safekeeping of mailed ballots; deadline for receiving vote-by-mail ballots. Page 73 (pdf) 101.68 Canvassing of vote-by-mail ballot. Page 46 (pdf) 101.6923 Special vote-by-mail ballot instructions for certain first-time voters. Page 48 (pdf) 102.111 Elections Canvassing Commission. Page 52 (pdf) 102.141 County canvassing board; duties. Page 53 (pdf) 102.166 Manual recounts of overvotes and undervotes. Page 63 (pdf) 104.042 Page 69 (pdf) 104.16 Voting fraudulent ballot. Page 74 (pdf) 106.08 Contributions; limitations on. Page 69 (pdf) 322.034 Page 71 (pdf) 895.02 Definitions. Page 71 (pdf) -
HB 991, Original Filed Version Posted 1/5/2026 at 1:29 PM
Bill Text: PDF Analyses: None Related Bills (1)
Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills S 1334 (c1) Elections Grall Compare Last Action: 2/6/2026 S Now in Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
Citations - Statutes (30)
Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help 97.021 Definitions. Page 7 (pdf) 97.022 Office of Election Crimes and Security; creation; purpose and duties. Page 8 (pdf) 97.051 Oath upon registering. Page 10 (pdf) 97.052 Uniform statewide voter registration application. Page 10 (pdf) 97.0525 Online voter registration. Page 10 (pdf) 97.053 Acceptance of voter registration applications. Page 14 (pdf) 97.057 Voter registration by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. Page 16 (pdf) 98.045 Administration of voter registration. Page 17 (pdf) 98.065 Registration list maintenance programs. Page 60 (pdf) 98.075 Registration records maintenance activities; ineligibility determinations. Page 19 (pdf) 98.0755 Appeal of determination of ineligibility. Page 61 (pdf) 98.093 Duty of officials to furnish information relating to deceased persons, persons adjudicated mentally incapacitated, persons convicted of a felony, and persons who are not United States citizens. Page 29 (pdf) 98.094 Page 31 (pdf) 101.048 Provisional ballots. Page 61 (pdf) 101.151 Specifications for ballots. Page 33 (pdf) 101.5606 Requirements for approval of systems. Page 33 (pdf) 101.56075 Voting methods. Page 33 (pdf) 101.5608 Voting by electronic or electromechanical method; procedures. Page 34 (pdf) 101.5612 Testing of tabulating equipment. Page 36 (pdf) 101.591 Voting system audit. Page 36 (pdf) 101.5911 Rulemaking authority for voting system audit procedures. Page 40 (pdf) 101.595 Analysis and reports of voting problems. Page 40 (pdf) 101.67 Safekeeping of mailed ballots; deadline for receiving vote-by-mail ballots. Page 62 (pdf) 102.111 Elections Canvassing Commission. Page 41 (pdf) 102.141 County canvassing board; duties. Page 42 (pdf) 102.166 Manual recounts of overvotes and undervotes. Page 52 (pdf) 104.042 Page 58 (pdf) 104.16 Voting fraudulent ballot. Page 63 (pdf) 106.08 Contributions; limitations on. Page 58 (pdf) 322.034 Page 59 (pdf)