CS/CS/HB 991: Elections

GENERAL BILL by State Affairs Committee, Government Operations Subcommittee, Persons-Mulicka, Trabulsy; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Anderson, Benarroch, Chamberlin, Chaney, Holcomb, Robinson, W., Salzman

Elections; Revising definitions; revising the information the uniform statewide voter registration application is designed to elicit from an applicant to include a certain acknowledgment; requiring that the online voter registration system transmit specified information to the supervisor of elections under specified circumstances; requiring that the applicant's legal status as a United States citizen be recorded in the statewide voter registration system; requiring that if the records of the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles indicate that an applicant is not a United States citizen or has not provided acceptable evidence of citizenship, the online voter registration system must notify the supervisor of the applicant's legal status and transmit the application to the supervisor; requiring that the online voter registration system populate an applicant's information and direct the applicant to perform specified actions under specified conditions; requiring supervisors to verify a voter's legal status as a United States citizen using specified sources and initiate a certain notice if applicable; requiring that the voter's legal status as United States citizen and the type of document accepted as evidence of United States citizenship be recorded in the statewide voter registration system, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 3/13/2026 01:18 PM

• Senate Committee References (1)

  1. Rules (RC)

• Related Bills (6)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 91 (er) by Government Operations Subcommittee Candidate Qualification Last Action: 4/2/2026 Chapter No. 2026-25	Compare
  H 535 by Benarroch Candidate Qualifying Last Action: 3/13/2026 H Died on Second Reading Calendar	Compare
  H 985 by Jacques Voter Registration and Identification Last Action: 3/13/2026 H Died in Government Operations Subcommittee	Compare
  S 62 (c1) by Arrington Candidate Qualification Last Action: 2/26/2026 S Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 91	Compare
  S 620 (e1) by Mayfield Candidate Qualifying Last Action: 3/13/2026 H Died in Messages	Compare
  S 1334 (c2) by Grall Elections Last Action: 3/11/2026 S Laid on Table, refer to CS/CS/HB 991 -SJ 762	Compare

• Citations - Statute (33)

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  97.021	Definitions.	Page 9 (pdf)
  97.052	Uniform statewide voter registration application.	Page 11 (pdf)
  97.0525	Online voter registration.	Page 12 (pdf)
  97.053	Acceptance of voter registration applications.	Page 14 (pdf)
  97.057	Voter registration by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.	Page 18 (pdf)
  98.015	Supervisor of elections; election, tenure of office, compensation, custody of registration-related documents, office hours, successor, seal; appointment of deputy supervisors; duties.	Page 19 (pdf)
  98.045	Administration of voter registration.	Page 19 (pdf)
  98.065	Registration list maintenance programs.	Page 70 (pdf)
  98.075	Registration records maintenance activities; ineligibility determinations.	Page 21 (pdf)
  98.093	Duty of officials to furnish information relating to deceased persons, persons adjudicated mentally incapacitated, persons convicted of a felony, and persons who are not United States citizens.	Page 28 (pdf)
  99.012	Restrictions on individuals qualifying for public office.	Page 70 (pdf)
  99.021	Form of candidate oath.	Page 31 (pdf)
  99.0211		Page 35 (pdf)
  99.061	Method of qualifying for nomination or election to federal, state, county, or district office.	Page 36 (pdf)
  101.043	Identification required at polls.	Page 38 (pdf)
  101.048	Provisional ballots.	Page 40 (pdf)
  101.151	Specifications for ballots.	Page 43 (pdf)
  101.5606	Requirements for approval of systems.	Page 43 (pdf)
  101.56075	Voting methods.	Page 43 (pdf)
  101.5608	Voting by electronic or electromechanical method; procedures.	Page 44 (pdf)
  101.5612	Testing of tabulating equipment.	Page 46 (pdf)
  101.68	Canvassing of vote-by-mail ballot.	Page 46 (pdf)
  101.69	Voting in person; return of vote-by-mail ballot.	Page 71 (pdf)
  101.6923	Special vote-by-mail ballot instructions for certain first-time voters.	Page 48 (pdf)
  102.111	Elections Canvassing Commission.	Page 52 (pdf)
  102.141	County canvassing board; duties.	Page 53 (pdf)
  102.166	Manual recounts of overvotes and undervotes.	Page 58 (pdf)
  104.042		Page 60 (pdf)
  105.031	Qualification; filing fee; candidate’s oath; items required to be filed.	Page 60 (pdf)
  106.023	Statement of candidate.	Page 62 (pdf)
  106.08	Contributions; limitations on.	Page 63 (pdf)
  322.034		Page 64 (pdf)
  895.02	Definitions.	Page 65 (pdf)

• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  1/5/2026	H	• Filed
  1/12/2026	H	• Referred to Government Operations Subcommittee • Referred to State Affairs Committee • Now in Government Operations Subcommittee
  1/13/2026	H	• 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)
  2/3/2026	H	• PCS added to Government Operations Subcommittee agenda
  2/5/2026	H	• Favorable with CS by Government Operations Subcommittee
  2/6/2026	H	• Reported out of Government Operations Subcommittee • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) • CS Filed
  2/9/2026	H	• 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 1) • Referred to State Affairs Committee • Now in State Affairs Committee
  2/13/2026	H	• Added to State Affairs Committee agenda
  2/17/2026	H	• Favorable with CS by State Affairs Committee
  2/18/2026	H	• Reported out of State Affairs Committee • Laid on Table under Rule 7.18(a) • CS Filed
  2/19/2026	H	• Bill referred to House Calendar • Bill added to Special Order Calendar (2/25/2026) • 1st Reading (Committee Substitute 2)
  2/25/2026	H	• Read 2nd time • Amendment 090077 Failed • Amendment 810467 Failed • Amendment 818439 Failed • Amendment 658561 adopted • Amendment 921151 Failed • Amendment 228467 Failed • Amendment 587003 Failed • Amendment 025499 Failed • Amendment 192155 Failed • Amendment 746217 Failed • Added to Third Reading Calendar • Read 3rd time • CS passed as amended; YEAS 83, NAYS 31
  2/25/2026	S	• In Messages
  2/26/2026	S	• Referred to Rules • Received
  3/11/2026	S	• Withdrawn from Rules -SJ 762 • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading • Substituted for CS/CS/SB 1334 -SJ 763 • Read 2nd time -SJ 763 • Amendment(s) adopted (868392) -SJ 780 • Placed on 3rd reading -SJ 781
  3/12/2026	S	• Read 3rd time -SJ 830 • CS passed as amended; YEAS 27 NAYS 12 -SJ 830
  3/12/2026	H	• In Messages • Added to Senate Message List • Amendment 479043 Failed • Amendment 859783 Failed • Amendment 129437 Failed • Amendment 411409 Failed • Amendment 868392 Concur • CS passed as amended; YEAS 77, NAYS 28 • Ordered engrossed, then enrolled
  3/31/2026		• Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
  4/1/2026		• Approved by Governor
  4/2/2026		• Chapter No. 2026-26