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Texas · 89th Legislature (2025) · Bill

HB 5115: Relating to the penalty for the crime of election fraud; increasing a criminal penalty.

Enacted 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 5115 is a bill introduced in the Texas House on March 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Relating to the penalty for the crime of election fraud; increasing a criminal penalty. Primary sponsor: Matt Shaheen (Republican), Jared Patterson (Republican), John McQueeney (Republican), Caroline Dunmoyer (Republican), Terri Leo-Wilson (Republican), Bryan Hughes (Republican). It lists 9 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (June 20, 2025): Effective on 9/1/25.

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 13

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Matt ShaheenPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse66
Jared PattersonPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse106
John McQueeneyPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse97
Caroline DunmoyerPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse87
Terri Leo-WilsonPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse23
Bryan HughesPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate1
CreightonCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Brent HagenbuchCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate30
Adam HinojosaCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate27
Carrie IsaacCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse73
KingCo-sponsorNot applicable (committee)——
Lois KolkhorstCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate18
Will MetcalfCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse16
Matt MorganCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse26
Tan ParkerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate12

“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. Effective on 9/1/25
  2. Signed by the Governor
  3. Sent to the Governor
  4. Signed in the Senate
  5. Signed in the House
  6. Reported enrolled
  7. Senate passage reported
  8. Record vote
  9. Passed
  10. Read 3rd time
  11. Record vote
  12. Rules suspended-Regular order of business

Showing 12 most recent of 40 actions. Full history

Sources

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