Monitoring the Session

HB 392

bill making registrars explain voter registration rejections

Did not pass

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Lulu FloresDHouse 51

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

Caption

relating to the provision of the reason for rejecting a voter registration application.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Which section, and whether incomplete, wrong or ineligible.

The bill requires county voter registrars, when they reject a voter registration application, to say which section of the application caused the rejection. For each flagged section, the registrar must say whether it was incomplete, filled out wrong, or showed the applicant is not eligible to vote. Rejected applicants get a specific reason they can fix instead of a bare rejection, starting September 1, 2025.

Labels

Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 3749 (Died in committee) and this bill (Did not pass). Checked against 88R only.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 3749 (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.QUICK READ: 120 WORDS. The bill as filed runs 120 words, counting the existing law it amends and the text it strikes. The median 89R bill as filed runs 441 words (derived, 8,702 graded bills, snapshot Oct 19, 2026).STALLED AFTER COMMITTEE. Voted out of the House Elections committee 9-0 on Mar 27, 2025. Never placed on a calendar. The bill died.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB392 · 2024-11-12

SOLD BY

Rep. Lulu FloresDHouse 51 Rep. John H. Bucy IIIDHouse 136 Rep. Ana-María Rodríguez RamosDHouse 102

+ 1 more author, 3 coauthors

ITEM

relating to the provision of the reason for rejecting a voter registration application.

WHAT IT DOES

Which section, and whether incomplete, wrong or ineligible.

The bill requires county voter registrars, when they reject a voter registration application, to say which section of the application caused the rejection. For each flagged section, the registrar must say whether it was incomplete, filled out wrong, or showed the applicant is not eligible to vote. Rejected applicants get a specific reason they can fix instead of a bare rejection, starting September 1, 2025.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · March 18, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

HISTORY

  1. Filed
  2. Read first time
  3. Referred to Elections
  4. Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  5. Considered in public hearing
  6. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  7. Left pending in committee
  8. Considered in public hearing
  9. Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
  10. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  11. Committee report distributed
  12. Committee report sent to Calendars
  13. Considered in Calendars
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Lulu Flores

Donors

Texas Trial Lawyers Assocation PAC$23KMichael Brickman$15,000Johann Moonesinghe$10,000

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Aug 5, 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.

Texas Trial Lawyers Assocation PAC$22,500.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Assocation PAC

$22,500.00

Cash
$22,500.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$22,500.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 20, 2024 to Jun 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 20, 2024 to Jun 22, 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: 100985004, 101007867, 101059825.

Michael Brickman$15,000.00
Johann Moonesinghe$10,000.00
Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

×

Texas Trial Lawyers Assocation PAC

$22,500.00

Cash
$22,500.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$22,500.00

Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Sep 20, 2024 to Jun 22, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 20, 2024 to Jun 22, 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: 100985004, 101007867, 101059825.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Witnesses31
For
23
Against
6
On
2
Names

For

  • ACLU of Texas1 registration
  • Common Cause Texas1 registration
  • Common cause texas1 registration
  • MOVE Texas Civic Fund1 registration
  • Secure Democracy USA1 registration
  • Secure Elections Project1 registration
  • Self15 registrations
  • Self; Measure1 registration
  • Self; Texas Democratic Party1 registration

Against

  • Self5 registrations
  • Self; Harris county ballot security1 registration

On

  • Self1 registration
  • Texas Secretary of State1 registration
Sources

31 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.

House witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Fiscal

No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · March 18, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

FILED BEFORE

Filed 2 times: 88R and 89R. Checked against 88R only.

88R HB 3749

by Rep. Flores, same lead author · Died in committee · same text

Introduced text

Last action, May 11, 2023: Referred to State Affairs

Relating to the provision of the reason for rejecting a voter registration application.

Caption, 88R bill history

Sources

Texas House · Filed Nov 12, 2024

04/17/2025 H Considered in Calendars

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Coauthors
John BryantDHouse 114 Vikki GoodwinDHouse 47 Gene WuDHouse 137

House committee · Elections · Committee vote 9 aye, 0 nay · Out of committee

Subjects

Elections--Administration

Elections--General

Elections--Registration & Suffrage

Text

The text as introduced · 120 words

89R2330 LRM-F

By: Flores
H.B. No. 392

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the provision of the reason for rejecting a voter

registration application.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 13.073, Election Code, is amended by

adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:

(d) In providing a written or oral reason for rejection

under Subsection (a) or (b), the registrar shall identify which

section or sections of the application resulted in the rejection.

For each section identified, the registrar shall specify if the

section was incomplete, was improperly filled out, or contained

information identifying the applicant as ineligible to vote.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.