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SB 12 TX
Became Law

Relating to the duty of the attorney general to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by the election laws of this state.

TX · session 892 · Senate · bill

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Introduced Aug 15, 2025

Latest action (Sep 19, 2025) Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Sponsors (16)
6 coauthors / cosponsors

Action history (51)
  1. Aug 15, 2025 Received by the Secretary of the Senate · upper
  2. Aug 15, 2025 Filed · upper
  3. Aug 15, 2025 Read first time · upper
  4. Aug 15, 2025 Referred to State Affairs · upper
  5. Aug 15, 2025 Posting rule suspended · upper
  6. Aug 15, 2025 Record vote · upper
  7. Aug 15, 2025 Scheduled for public hearing on . . . · upper
  8. Aug 15, 2025 Considered in public hearing · upper
  9. Aug 15, 2025 Testimony taken in committee · upper
  10. Aug 15, 2025 Vote taken in committee · upper
  11. Aug 15, 2025 Reported favorably w/o amendments · upper
  12. Aug 15, 2025 Committee report printed and distributed · upper
  13. Aug 18, 2025 Co-author authorized · upper
  14. Aug 18, 2025 Rules suspended-Regular order of business · upper
  15. Aug 18, 2025 Record vote · upper
  16. Aug 18, 2025 Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment · upper
  17. Aug 18, 2025 Record vote · upper
  18. Aug 19, 2025 Laid before the Senate · upper
  19. Aug 19, 2025 Read 3rd time · upper
  20. Aug 19, 2025 Passed · upper
  21. Aug 19, 2025 Record vote · upper
  22. Aug 19, 2025 Reason for vote recorded in Journal · upper
  23. Aug 19, 2025 Reported engrossed · upper
  24. Aug 20, 2025 Received from the Senate · lower
  25. Aug 20, 2025 Read first time · lower
  26. Aug 20, 2025 Referred to State Affairs · lower
  27. Aug 26, 2025 Considered in formal meeting · lower
  28. Aug 26, 2025 Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) · lower
  29. Aug 26, 2025 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator · lower
  30. Aug 26, 2025 Committee report distributed · lower
  31. Aug 26, 2025 Committee report sent to Calendars · lower
  32. Aug 26, 2025 Laid out in lieu of companion · lower
  33. Aug 26, 2025 Read 2nd time · lower
  34. Aug 26, 2025 Point of order withdrawn · lower
  35. Aug 26, 2025 Amendment fails of adoption · lower
  36. Aug 26, 2025 Record vote · lower
  37. Aug 26, 2025 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal · lower
  38. Aug 26, 2025 Passed to 3rd reading · lower
  39. Aug 26, 2025 Record vote · lower
  40. Aug 26, 2025 Read 3rd time · lower
  41. Aug 26, 2025 Passed · lower
  42. Aug 26, 2025 Record vote · lower
  43. Aug 26, 2025 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal · lower
  44. Aug 26, 2025 Reason for vote recorded in Journal · lower
  45. Aug 26, 2025 House passage reported · upper
  46. Aug 26, 2025 Reported enrolled · upper
  47. Aug 27, 2025 Signed in the Senate · upper
  48. Aug 28, 2025 Signed in the House · lower
  49. Aug 28, 2025 Sent to the Governor · executive
  50. Sep 19, 2025 Signed by the Governor · executive
  51. Sep 19, 2025 Effective on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · executive
Subjects
ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)Courts--District (I0120)Courts--Prosecuting Attorneys (I0165)Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)Elections--General (I0310)Ethics (I0345)Law Enforcement (I0510)

Text versions (10)

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

  • Introduced · HTML
  • Introduced · PDF
  • Senate Committee Report · HTML
  • Senate Committee Report · PDF
  • Engrossed · HTML
  • Engrossed · PDF
  • House Committee Report · HTML
  • House Committee Report · PDF
  • Enrolled · HTML
  • Enrolled · PDF

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