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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 1477: Relating to preparing and delivering precinct election returns; increasing a criminal penalty.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1477 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on November 26, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to preparing and delivering precinct election returns; increasing a criminal penalty. Primary sponsor: Valoree Swanson (Republican), Carrie Isaac (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (April 28, 2025): Considered in Calendars.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 3

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Valoree SwansonPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse150
Carrie IsaacPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse73
Richard HayesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse57

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Considered in Calendars
  2. Committee report sent to Calendars
  3. Committee report distributed
  4. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  5. Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
  6. Considered in public hearing
  7. Left pending in committee
  8. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  9. Considered in public hearing
  10. Referred to Elections
  11. Read first time
  12. Filed

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source