CS/CS/HB 991: Election Integrity

GENERAL BILL by State Affairs Committee, Government Operations Subcommittee, Persons-Mulicka, Trabulsy; (CO-INTRODUCERS) Chaney, Holcomb, Salzman

Election Integrity; Revising definitions; revising the information the Department of State is required to include in a specified report; requiring persons to swear or affirm they have reviewed the voter registration instructions, are a United States citizen, and understand the penalties for providing false information; requiring the voter registration application to elicit documentation required by the United States Election Assistance Commission or federal law; requiring that an applicant's citizenship status be verified by the records of the DHSMV; providing that an applicant will be registered as an unverified voter, and must vote with a provisional ballot that will not be counted if his or her legal status as a United States citizen cannot be verified through the DHSMV; requiring the online voter registration system to transmit certain information to the supervisor of elections and generate certain notices; requiring the supervisor of elections to verify the legal status of certain applicants and provide certain notice; providing that, under specified circumstances, the online voter registration system may populate the applicant's information into a printable voter registration application; requiring an applicant's legal status to be verified for a voter registration application to be valid; providing that an applicant will be deemed an unverified voter if his or her application fails to meet specified requirements.

Effective Date: 1/1/2027

Last Action: 2/26/2026 Senate - Received

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Current Bill Version Posted: 2/25/2026 08:44 PM

Senate Committee References (1)
1. Rules (RC)

Related Bills (4)

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: 2/26/2026 H Ordered enrolled	Compare
H 985 by Jacques Voter Registration and Identification Last Action: 1/13/2026 H 1st Reading (Original Filed Version)	Compare
S 62 (c1) by Arrington Candidate Qualification Last Action: 2/26/2026 S Laid on Table, refer to CS/HB 91	Compare
S 1334 (c2) by Grall Elections Last Action: 2/24/2026 S CS/CS by Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development read 1st time	Compare

Citations - Statute (37)

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97.021	Definitions.	Page 8 (pdf)
97.022	Office of Election Crimes and Security; creation; purpose and duties.	Page 9 (pdf)
97.051	Oath upon registering.	Page 11 (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 15 (pdf)
97.057	Voter registration by the Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles.	Page 17 (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 18 (pdf)
98.045	Administration of voter registration.	Page 19 (pdf)
98.065	Registration list maintenance programs.	Page 78 (pdf)
98.075	Registration records maintenance activities; ineligibility determinations.	Page 21 (pdf)
98.0755	Appeal of determination of ineligibility.	Page 79 (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 31 (pdf)
98.094		Page 33 (pdf)
99.021	Form of candidate oath.	Page 34 (pdf)
101.043	Identification required at polls.	Page 37 (pdf)
101.048	Provisional ballots.	Page 39 (pdf)
101.151	Specifications for ballots.	Page 42 (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 45 (pdf)
101.5614	Canvass of returns.	Page 80 (pdf)
101.591	Voting system audit.	Page 46 (pdf)
101.5911	Rulemaking authority for voting system audit procedures.	Page 49 (pdf)
101.595	Analysis and reports of voting problems.	Page 50 (pdf)
101.67	Safekeeping of mailed ballots; deadline for receiving vote-by-mail ballots.	Page 79 (pdf)
101.68	Canvassing of vote-by-mail ballot.	Page 51 (pdf)
101.6923	Special vote-by-mail ballot instructions for certain first-time voters.	Page 53 (pdf)
102.111	Elections Canvassing Commission.	Page 57 (pdf)
102.141	County canvassing board; duties.	Page 57 (pdf)
102.166	Manual recounts of overvotes and undervotes.	Page 68 (pdf)
104.042		Page 73 (pdf)
104.16	Voting fraudulent ballot.	Page 80 (pdf)
106.08	Contributions; limitations on.	Page 74 (pdf)
322.034		Page 77 (pdf)
895.02	Definitions.	Page 78 (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

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