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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 1478: Relating to the failure of a voter registrar to comply with voter registration laws.

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 1478 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on November 26, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to the failure of a voter registrar to comply with voter registration laws. Primary sponsor: Briscoe Cain (Republican), Ben Bumgarner (Republican). It lists 13 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 22, 2025): Committee report sent to 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 15

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Briscoe CainPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse128
Ben BumgarnerPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse63
Daniel AldersCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse6
Cody HarrisCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse8
Richard HayesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse57
Hillary HicklandCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Andy HopperCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse64
Lacey HullCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse138
Mitch LittleCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse65
Will MetcalfCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse16
Brent MoneyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse2
Tom OliversonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse130
Joanne ShofnerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse11
Shelby SlawsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse59
Wes VirdellCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse53

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

Sources

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