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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 242: Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of disseminating personally identifiable voter information.

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 242 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on November 12, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to the creation of the criminal offense of disseminating personally identifiable voter information. Primary sponsor: Ryan Guillen (Republican), John McQueeney (Republican). It lists 3 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 30, 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 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Ryan GuillenPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse31
John McQueeneyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse97
Janis HoltCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse18
Angelia OrrCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse13
David SpillerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse68

“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 as substituted
  6. Committee substitute considered in committee
  7. Considered in public hearing
  8. Left pending in committee
  9. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  10. Committee substitute considered in committee
  11. Considered in public hearing
  12. Referred to Elections

Showing 12 most recent of 14 actions. Full history

Sources

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