Monitoring the SessionHB 1159
Died in committee
Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade
relating to the designation of polling place locations on the campuses of certain general academic teaching institutions.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Any public university with at least 8,000 students gets one.
This bill requires each county commissioners court to set up a polling place on the main campus of any public university in the county that has at least 8,000 enrolled students. It affects county election officials, the large public universities that would host the sites, and the students and nearby residents who vote there. Those campus sites must be open during early voting on the same hours as the county's main early voting location, and on election day, starting with elections after September 1, 2025.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 644 (Died in committee) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 644 (Died in committee). Filed in 2 sessions, counting this one. Checked against 88R only.TRY NO. 2. Filed in 2 sessions: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Nov 12, 2024 and referred to the House Elections committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-HB1159 · 2024-11-12
relating to the designation of polling place locations on the campuses of certain general academic teaching institutions.
Any public university with at least 8,000 students gets one.
This bill requires each county commissioners court to set up a polling place on the main campus of any public university in the county that has at least 8,000 enrolled students. It affects county election officials, the large public universities that would host the sites, and the students and nearby residents who vote there. Those campus sites must be open during early voting on the same hours as the county's main early voting location, and on election day, starting with elections after September 1, 2025.
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No fiscal note in the loaded record.
No verified beat found.
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Derived itemized flow · Jul 1, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
$1,485,555.60
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Oct 2, 2026 to Oct 19, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · Oct 2, 2026 to Oct 19, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 101073400.
$1,000,000.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · on Oct 15, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · on Oct 15, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 101073400.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
$1,485,555.60
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Oct 2, 2026 to Oct 19, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · Oct 2, 2026 to Oct 19, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 101073400.
$1,000,000.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · on Oct 15, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Derived itemized flow · on Oct 15, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 101073400.
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.
Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.
by Rep. Hinojosa, same lead author · Died in committee · same text
Introduced textLast action, Feb 23, 2023: Referred to Elections
Relating to the designation of polling place locations on the campuses of certain general academic teaching institutions.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas House · Filed Nov 12, 2024
03/07/2025 H Referred to Elections: Mar 7 2025 2:33PM
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
House committee · Elections · Final status: Died in committee
County Government--Employees/Officers
Education--Higher--Institutions & Programs
Elections--Administration
Elections--General
The text as introduced · 156 words
89R3909 TSS-D By: Hinojosa H.B. No. 1159 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the designation of polling place locations on the campuses of certain general academic teaching institutions. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 43, Election Code, is amended by adding Section 43.008 to read as follows: Sec. 43.008. CAMPUS POLLING PLACE. (a) The commissioners court of a county shall designate as a polling place a location on the main campus of a general academic teaching institution as defined by Section 51.821, Education Code, located within the county if at least 8,000 students are enrolled in the institution. (b) Voting by personal appearance must be conducted at a polling place location designated under this section during the same hours as voting is conducted at the main early voting polling place and on election day. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
