State chair or county chair collects the filing fee.
This bill changes who collects the filing fee or the petition from a candidate seeking nomination by convention. Instead of paying the secretary of state or the county judge, candidates would pay or file with the state chair for statewide and district offices and the county chair for county and precinct offices. It also repeals two other subsections of the same section, and it takes effect September 1, 2025.
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Labels: STALLED AFTER COMMITTEE. Voted out of the House Elections committee 5-4 on May 1, 2025. Taken up on the floor on May 13, 2025 and failed. The bill died.
relating to the filing fee for nomination by convention.
WHAT IT DOES
State chair or county chair collects the filing fee.
This bill changes who collects the filing fee or the petition from a candidate seeking nomination by convention. Instead of paying the secretary of state or the county judge, candidates would pay or file with the state chair for statewide and district offices and the county chair for county and precinct offices. It also repeals two other subsections of the same section, and it takes effect September 1, 2025.
CHARGES
[ ] NONE FOUND
TOTAL
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The roll of those voting yea and nay was again called and the verified vote resulted, as follows (Record 2395): 60 Yeas, 78 Nays, 1 Present, not voting.
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 60 (published)
Nay: 78 (published)
Present, not voting: 1 (published)
Absent: 6 (derived from named list)
Excused: 5 (derived from named list)
House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Witnesses25
For
20
Against
2
On
3
Names
For
Chair, Libertarian Party of Fayette County1 registration
Chair, Washington County Libertarians1 registration
Libertarian Party of Texas3 registrations
Self10 registrations
Self; Lp texas1 registration
Self; Sd1 LPTexas Rep & Hopkins County Chair1 registration
Self; The Libertarian Party of TEXAS1 registration
Self; Vice Chair Libertarian Party1 registration
Self; Washington County Libertarian1 registration
Against
Self2 registrations
On
Self; County and District Clerk Assoc1 registration
Self; Texas Association of County Election Officials1 registration
Texas Secretary of State1 registration
Sources
25 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.
Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.
89R15847 AB-F
By: Bucy
H.B. No. 4309
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the filing fee for nomination by convention.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 181.0311(a), Election Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) In addition to any other requirements, to be considered
for nomination by convention, a candidate must:
(1) pay a filing fee to the [ secretary of ] state chair
for a statewide or district office or the county chair [ judge ] for a
county or precinct office; or
(2) submit to the [ secretary of ] state chair for a
statewide or district office or the county chair [ judge ] for a
county or precinct office a petition in lieu of a filing fee that
satisfies the requirements prescribed by Subsection (e) and Section
141.062.
SECTION 2. Sections 181.0311(c) and (d), Election Code, are
repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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