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CS/CS/HB 991: Elections

GENERAL BILL by State Affairs Committee ; Government Operations Subcommittee ; Persons-Mulicka ; Trabulsy ; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Anderson ; Benarroch ; Chaney ; Holcomb ; Robinson, W. ; Salzman

Elections; Revising definitions; revising the information the uniform statewide voter registration application is designed to elicit from an applicant to include a certain acknowledgment; requiring that the online voter registration system transmit specified information to the supervisor of elections under specified circumstances; requiring that the applicant's legal status as a United States citizen be recorded in the statewide voter registration system; requiring that if the records of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles indicate that an applicant is not a United States citizen or has not provided acceptable evidence of citizenship, the online voter registration system must notify the supervisor of the applicant's legal status and transmit the application to the supervisor; requiring that the online voter registration system populate an applicant's information and direct the applicant to perform specified actions under specified conditions; requiring supervisors to verify a voter's legal status as a United States citizen using specified sources and initiate a certain notice if applicable; requiring that the voter's legal status as United States citizen and the type of document accepted as evidence of United States citizenship be recorded in the statewide voter registration system, etc.

Effective Date: Except as otherwise expressly provided in this act and except for this section, which shall take effect upon this act becoming a law, this act shall take effect January 1, 2027.
 Last Action: 3/12/2026 House - Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
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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
2/9/2026 House • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1)
• Referred to State Affairs Committee
• Now in State Affairs Committee
2/13/2026 House • Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
2/17/2026 House • Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee
2/18/2026 House • Reported out of State Affairs Committee
• Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a)
• CS Filed
2/19/2026 House • Bill referred to House Calendar
• Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026)
• 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
2/25/2026 House • Read 2nd time
• Amendment 090077 Failed
• Amendment 810467 Failed
• Amendment 818439 Failed
• Amendment 658561 adopted
• Amendment 921151 Failed
• Amendment 228467 Failed
• Amendment 587003 Failed
• Amendment 025499 Failed
• Amendment 192155 Failed
• Amendment 746217 Failed
• Added to Third Reading Calendar
• Read 3rd time
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 83, NAYS 31
2/25/2026 Senate • In Messages
2/26/2026 Senate • Referred to Rules
• Received
3/11/2026 Senate • Withdrawn from Rules
• Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
• Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1334
• Read 2nd time
• Amendment(s) adopted (868392)
• Placed on 3rd reading
3/12/2026 Senate • Read 3rd time
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 27 NAYS 12
3/12/2026 House • In Messages
• Added to Senate Message List
• Amendment 479043 Failed
• Amendment 859783 Failed
• Amendment 129437 Failed
• Amendment 411409 Failed
• Amendment 868392 Concur
• CS passed as amended; YEAS 77, NAYS 28
• Ordered engrossed, then enrolled