HB 25 - Prohibits One-Punch Straight Ticket Voting - Texas Key Vote
Dennis Bonnen voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Timeline
- Executive Signed
- June 1, 2017
- House Concurrence Vote Passed
- May 20, 2017
- Senate Bill Passed
- May 18, 2017
- House Bill Passed
- May 6, 2017
- Introduced
- March 16, 2017
Related Issues
Stage Details
Title: Prohibits One-Punch Straight Ticket Voting
Signed by Governor Greg Abbott
Title: Prohibits One-Punch Straight Ticket Voting
Title: Prohibits One-Punch Straight Ticket Voting
Title: Prohibits One-Punch Straight Ticket Voting
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that prohibits one-punch straight ticket voting.
Highlights:
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Requires straight-ticket voting to be eliminated in all counties of Texas as soon as practicable after September 1, 2017 (Sec. 2).
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Requires the Secretary of State to adopt rules and establish procedures as necessary to ensure that voters and county election administrators are not burdened by the change (Sec. 2).
- Requires a notice to be given regarding the elimination of straight-ticket voting to each county election administrator, the country chair of each political party, as well as any associated websites (Secs. 1-3).
Title: Prohibits One-Punch Straight Ticket Voting
- Greg Bonnen (TX - R)
- Angie Chen Button (TX - R)
- Sarah Davis (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Pat Fallon (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Lyle T. Larson (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jodie Anne Laubenberg (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Jeff Leach (TX - R)
- Tom Oliverson (TX - R)
- Tan Parker (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Joe C. Pickett (TX - D) (Out Of Office)
- JD Sheffield (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Ron Simmons (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Drew Springer (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Phillip Wayne 'Phil' Stephenson (TX - R) (Out Of Office)
- Valoree Swanson (TX - R)