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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 4728: Relating to the elimination of electronic poll lists and the countywide polling place program and to the required use of hand-marked paper ballots for all elections.

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 4728 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on March 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to the elimination of electronic poll lists and the countywide polling place program and to the required use of hand-marked paper ballots for all elections. Primary sponsor: Andy Hopper (Republican). It lists 7 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 3, 2025): Referred to Elections.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 8

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Andy HopperPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse64
Ben BumgarnerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse63
Hillary HicklandCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Helen KerwinCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse58
Brent MoneyCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse2
Katrina PiersonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse33
Joanne ShofnerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse11
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. Referred to Elections
  2. Read first time
  3. Filed

Sources

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