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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 496: Relating to a ballot option to not vote for any candidate or not vote for or against a proposition.

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 496 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on November 12, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to a ballot option to not vote for any candidate or not vote for or against a proposition. Primary sponsor: Valoree Swanson (Republican), Carrie Isaac (Republican). It lists 8 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 17, 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 10

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Valoree SwansonPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse150
Carrie IsaacPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse73
Cody HarrisCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse8
Richard HayesCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse57
Hillary HicklandCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse55
Andy HopperCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse64
Lacey HullCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse138
Will MetcalfCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse16
Joanne ShofnerCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse11
Shelby SlawsonCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse59

“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. Considered in public hearing
  11. Referred to Elections
  12. Read first time

Showing 12 most recent of 13 actions. Full history

Sources

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