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IntroducedJan 22, 2025
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Passed HouseFeb 27, 2025
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Passed SenateMar 20, 2025
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Signed into Law
Senate Substitute for HB 2056- Requiring specific intent as an element of the crime of false representation of an election official; requiring that any person nominated for an elected office accept such nomination by signing a notarized statement of acceptance and restricting the number of nominations a person may accept to one nomination per election cycle.
Last Action See all actions
House • Apr 10, 2025: Will become law without Governor's signature
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
Summary/Bill Text
Comments on HB 2056
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
- Committee on Federal and State Affairssponsor
- Committee on ElectionsOriginal Sponsor
Votes
YES: 118
- Alcala
- Amyx
- Anderson
- Ballard
- Barrett
- Barth
- Bergkamp
- Bergquist
- Blex
- Bloom
- Bohi
- Borjon
- Brantley
- Brownlee
- Bryce
- Buehler
- Butler
- Carlin
- Carmichael
- B.
- Carr
- Chauncey
- Collins
- Corbet
- Croft
- Curtis
- Delperdang
- Droge
- Ellis
- Esau
- Essex
- Estes
- Fairchild
- Featherston
- Francis
- Gardner
- Goddard
- Goetz
- Haskins
- Hawkins
- Helwig
- Hoffman
- Hoheisel
- Howe
- Howell
- Howerton
- Hoye
- Huebert
- Humphries
- James
- Johnson
- Kessler
- King
- Lewis
- Long
- Martinez
- McDonald
- McNorton
- Melton
- Meyer
- Miller
- Minnix
- Moser
- Mosley
- Neelly
- Neighbor
- Ohaebosim
- Oropeza
- Osman
- Ousley
- Penn
- Pickert
- Pishny
- Poskin
- Proctor
- Rahjes
- Reavis
- Resman
- Rhiley
- Roeser
- Roth
- L.
- Sanders
- Sawyer
- Schlingensiepen
- Schmoe
- Schreiber
- Schwertfeger
- Seiwert
- Simmons
- A.
- C.
- Steele
- Stiens
- Stogsdill
- Sutton
- Sweely
- Tarwater
- Thompson
- Turk
- Turner
- VanHouden
- Vaughn
- Waggoner
- Ward
- Wasinger
- Waymaster
- Weigel
- White
- Wikle
- Wilborn
- Willcott
- K.
- Winn
- Wolf
- Woodard
- Xu
NO: 1
YES: 88
- Anderson
- Awerkamp
- Barrett
- Barth
- Bergkamp
- Bergquist
- Blex
- Bloom
- Bohi
- Borjon
- Brantley
- Bryce
- Buehler
- Butler
- B.
- W.
- Chauncey
- Collins
- Corbet
- Croft
- Delperdang
- Droge
- Ellis
- Esau
- Essex
- Estes
- Fairchild
- Francis
- Gardner
- Goddard
- Goetz
- Hawkins
- Helwig
- Hill
- Hoffman
- Hoheisel
- Howe
- Howell
- Howerton
- Huebert
- Humphries
- James
- Johnson
- Kessler
- King
- Lewis
- Long
- McNorton
- Minnix
- Moser
- Neelly
- Penn
- Pickert
- Pishny
- Poetter
- Proctor
- Rahjes
- Reavis
- Resman
- Rhiley
- Roeser
- Roth
- Sanders
- Schmoe
- Schreiber
- Schwertfeger
- Seiwert
- A.
- C.
- Steele
- Stiens
- Sutton
- Sweely
- Tarwater
- Thompson
- Turk
- Turner
- VanHouden
- Waggoner
- Ward
- Wasinger
- Waymaster
- White
- Wilborn
- Willcott
- K.
- L.
- Wolf
NO: 37
OTHER: 0
Actions
- Apr 10, 2025 | House
- Enrolled and presented to Governor on Monday, March 31, 2025
- Will become law without Governor's signature
- Mar 27, 2025 | House
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 88 Nay: 37
- Mar 26, 2025 | Senate
- Conference committee report now available
- Conference Committee Report was adopted; Yea: 34 Nay: 6
- Mar 26, 2025 | House
- Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Representative Proctor, Representative Waggoner and Representative Haskins appointed as second conferees
- Mar 26, 2025 | Senate
- Conference committee report now available
- Conference Committee Report agree to disagree adopted; Senator Thompson, Senator Blew and Senator Faust Goudeau appointed as second conferees
- Mar 24, 2025 | Senate
- Motion to accede adopted; Senator Thompson, Senator Blew and Senator Faust Goudeau appointed as conferees
- Mar 24, 2025 | House
- Nonconcurred with amendments; Conference Committee requested; appointed Representative Proctor , Representative Waggoner and Representative Haskins as conferees
- Mar 20, 2025 | Senate
- Committee of the Whole - Committee Report be adopted recommending substitute bill be passed
- Committee of the Whole - Substitute bill be passed
- Emergency Final Action - Substitute passed; Yea: 34 Nay: 6
- Mar 17, 2025 | Senate
- Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- Feb 28, 2025 | Senate
- Referred to Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- Feb 27, 2025 | Senate
- Received and Introduced
- Feb 27, 2025 | House
- Committee of the Whole - Be passed
- Emergency Final Action - Passed; Yea: 118 Nay: 1
- Feb 25, 2025 | House
- Withdrawn from Committee on Elections and re-referred to Committee of the Whole
- Feb 20, 2025 | House
- Withdrawn from Committee on Calendar and Printing; Referred to Committee on Elections
- Feb 18, 2025 | House
- Withdrawn from Calendar; Referred to Committee on Calendar and Printing
- Feb 14, 2025 | House
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Elections
- Feb 13, 2025 | House
- Hearing: Thursday, February 13, 2025, 3:30 PM Room 218-N
- Jan 22, 2025 | House
- Introduced
- Referred to Committee on Elections
Documents
- As introduced - Supplementary Note
- As introduced - Fiscal Note
- S Sub for - Supplementary Note
- Conference Committee Report Brief - Wed, Mar 26, 2025PDF
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Feb 13, 2025: Minutes
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Feb 13, 2025: Testimony by Mike Heim, Assistant Revisor, Office of Revisor of Statutes (Summary - HB2056)
- House Committee on Elections, Thu, Feb 13, 2025: Testimony by Clay Barker, Deputy Secretary of State, General Counsel (Proponent- Oral)
- Conference Committee Report
- Conference Committee Report
- Committee Report recommending substitute bill be passed by Committee on Federal and State Affairs
- Committee Report recommending bill be passed by Committee on Elections