Texas legislation · 89th Legislature Regular Session
Texas HB3909: Relating to the use of a wireless communication device at a polling place.
Status: Signed into law, June 20, 2025
What the bill says
An act relating to the use of a wireless communication device at a polling place.
From the enrolled text, June 1, 2025:
AN ACT relating to the use of a wireless communication device at a polling place. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 61.014, Election Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: (a)[ADDED: Except as permitted by Sections 61.012 and 61.013, a][[DELETED: A]] person may not use a wireless communication device[ADDED: within a room in ] [ADDED: which voting is taking place][[DELETED: within 100 feet of a voting station]]. [ADDED: (e)][ADDED: ][ADDED: ][ADDED: The secretary of state shall require a presiding judge ] [ADDED: to post a notice that states the prohibition on the use of a ] [ADDED: wireless communication device in a prominent and reasonably visible ] [ADDED: location outside of a room in which voting is taking place.] SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 3909 was passed by the House on May 8, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 8, present, not voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to H.B. No. 3909 on May 30, 2025, and requested the appointment of a conference committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and that the House adopted the conference …
Sponsors
- Hillary Hickland (R, HD-055) · primary sponsor
- Erin Zwiener (D, HD-045)
- Daniel Alders (R, HD-006)
- Lauren Ashley Simmons (D, HD-146)
- Paul Dyson (R, HD-014)
- Aicha Davis (D)
- Terri Leo-Wilson (R, HD-023)
- Judith Zaffirini (D, SD-021)
Latest actions
- : Effective on 9/1/25
- : Signed by the Governor
- : Sent to the Governor
- : Signed in the Senate
- : Signed in the House
- : Reported enrolled
- : House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- : Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- : Record vote (RV#4143)
- : House adopts conference committee report
Votes
- State Affairs Committee Vote (Out of committee): 10 yea, 0 nay, passed
- Elections Committee Vote (Out of committee): 7 yea, 2 nay, passed
- Record vote RV#4143 (June 1, 2025): 127 yea, 9 nay, passed
- Senate adopts conference committee report (May 31, 2025): 27 yea, 4 nay, passed
- Record vote RV#1843 (May 8, 2025): 138 yea, 8 nay, passed
- Record vote RV#1835 (May 8, 2025): 80 yea, 65 nay, passed
Subjects: SECRETARY OF STATE, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, EMAIL & ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS, Elections--General, Elections--Administration
Common questions
- What is HB3909?
- HB3909 is a bill in the Texas Legislature (89th Legislature Regular Session): Relating to the use of a wireless communication device at a polling place.
- What does HB3909 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to the use of a wireless communication device at a polling place.
- What is the status of HB3909?
- Signed into law as of June 20, 2025. Latest action: Effective on 9/1/25 (June 20, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB3909?
- Hillary Hickland (R, HD-055), with 7 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB3909?
- On the Texas Legislature website: https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=89R&Bill=HB03909
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