The bill requires anyone applying to run for party precinct chair to put contact information on the ballot application. The candidate must list a campaign e-mail address, a phone number, or both. Starting September 1, 2025, precinct chair applications without at least one of these would not meet the filing requirements.
Labels
Labels: NO AUTOGRAPH. Became law without the governor's signature on Jun 22, 2025.BACK FROM THE DEAD. Same text as a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 223 (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: 128 WORDS. The bill as filed runs 128 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).
relating to the ballot application requirements for the election of
a precinct chair.
WHAT IT DOES
A campaign e-mail, a phone number, or both.
The bill requires anyone applying to run for party precinct chair to put contact information on the ballot application. The candidate must list a campaign e-mail address, a phone number, or both. Starting September 1, 2025, precinct chair applications without at least one of these would not meet the filing requirements.
CHARGES
[ ] NONE FOUND
TOTAL
No fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
Names were not printed for yea. Only the named positions are included in member records.
The journal row lists three votes in order: passage to third reading, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage. This entry records final passage. Repeated tallies belong to separate votes.
Sources
HB 766 (Zaffirini) Relating to the ballot application requirements for the election of a precinct chair. (viva voce vote) (30-1) "Nay" Sparks (30-1) "Nay" Sparks
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 30 (published)
Nay: 1 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Names were not printed for yea. Only the named positions are included in member records.
The journal row lists three votes in order: passage to third reading, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage. This entry records suspension of the three-day rule. Repeated tallies belong to separate votes.
Sources
HB 766 (Zaffirini) Relating to the ballot application requirements for the election of a precinct chair. (viva voce vote) (30-1) "Nay" Sparks (30-1) "Nay" Sparks
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: 30 (published)
Nay: 1 (published)
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
Names were not printed. No individual positions are inferred.
The journal row lists three votes in order: passage to third reading, suspension of the three-day rule, and final passage. This entry records passage to third reading. Repeated tallies belong to separate votes.
Voice vote. No numeric tally or individual yeas are inferred.
Sources
HB 766 (Zaffirini) Relating to the ballot application requirements for the election of a precinct chair. (viva voce vote) (30-1) "Nay" Sparks (30-1) "Nay" Sparks
Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.
Yea: Not printed
Nay: Not printed
Present, not voting: Not printed
Absent: Not printed
Excused: Not printed
Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.
House committee · Elections · Committee vote 8 aye, 0 nay, 1 absent · Out of committee
Senate committee · State Affairs · Committee vote 11 aye, 0 nay · Out of committee
Subjects
Elections--General
Elections--Political Parties
EMAIL & ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
Text
The text as introduced · 128 words
89R3776 JDK-D
By: Cortez
H.B. No. 766
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the ballot application requirements for the election of
a precinct chair.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 172.021, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
(h) An application for a place on the ballot as a candidate
for precinct chair must, in addition to complying with Section
141.031, include:
(1) an e-mail address at which the candidate receives
correspondence relating to the candidate's campaign;
(2) a telephone number at which the candidate can be
reached; or
(3) an e-mail address and a telephone number described
by Subdivisions (1) and (2).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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