Monitoring the Session

HB 910

bill letting election offense cases move to a neighboring county

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Rep. Mano DeAyalaRHouse 133

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 venue for the prosecution of an election offense.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Prosecutors in adjoining areas can bring the case.

This bill lets prosecutors bring election offense cases in a neighboring county or judicial district, not just the one where the offense happened. It touches people accused of felony or misdemeanor offenses under the Election Code or other offenses related to a Texas election, and the prosecutors in adjoining areas. The home county keeps sole control for 90 days after the Governor certifies the election, or 90 days after discovery for offenses outside an election, and then a neighboring jurisdiction may step in, starting with offenses on or after September 1, 2025.

Labels

Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R HB 5053 (Did not pass) and this bill (Died in committee). Checked against 88R only.DO-OVER. Reworked text of a bill filed before that died: 88R HB 5053 (Did not pass). 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.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB910 · 2024-11-12

SOLD BY

Rep. Mano DeAyalaRHouse 133

ITEM

relating to the venue for the prosecution of an election offense.

WHAT IT DOES

Prosecutors in adjoining areas can bring the case.

This bill lets prosecutors bring election offense cases in a neighboring county or judicial district, not just the one where the offense happened. It touches people accused of felony or misdemeanor offenses under the Election Code or other offenses related to a Texas election, and the prosecutors in adjoining areas. The home county keeps sole control for 90 days after the Governor certifies the election, or 90 days after discovery for offenses outside an election, and then a neighboring jurisdiction may step in, starting with offenses on or after September 1, 2025.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

  1. Filed
  2. Read first time
  3. Referred to Elections
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Mano DeAyala

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$866KTexas Conservative Majority PAC$306KAssociated Republicans of Texas Campaign Fund$271K

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 · Jul 17, 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.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$865,510.35

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$865,510.35

Cash
$50,000.00
Paid by others
$815,510.35
Total
$865,510.35
advertising $805,200.00polling $10,310.35

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 23, 2025 to Oct 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: 101009776, 101017937, 101062872, 101069959, 101072290.

Texas Conservative Majority PAC$305,800.00

Texas Conservative Majority PAC

$305,800.00

Cash
$75,000.00
Paid by others
$230,800.00
Total
$305,800.00
canvassing $175,000.00advertising $50,000.00polling $5,800.00

Also funds 42 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jan 23, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 8, 2026 to Oct 23, 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: 101069959, 101072290.

Associated Republicans of Texas Campaign Fund$271,400.04

Associated Republicans of Texas Campaign Fund

$271,400.04

Cash
$0.00
Paid by others
$271,400.04
Total
$271,400.04
advertising $136,000.00mailers $70,417.04television $30,000.00polling $16,400.00Other filed descriptions $10,583.00digital $8,000.00

Also funds 20 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Nov 4, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 25, 2025 to Oct 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: 101009776, 101069959, 101072290.

Money

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

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Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$865,510.35

Cash
$50,000.00
Paid by others
$815,510.35
Total
$865,510.35
advertising $805,200.00polling $10,310.35

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 23, 2025 to Oct 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: 101009776, 101017937, 101062872, 101069959, 101072290.

×

Texas Conservative Majority PAC

$305,800.00

Cash
$75,000.00
Paid by others
$230,800.00
Total
$305,800.00
canvassing $175,000.00advertising $50,000.00polling $5,800.00

Also funds 42 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jan 23, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 8, 2026 to Oct 23, 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: 101069959, 101072290.

×

Associated Republicans of Texas Campaign Fund

$271,400.04

Cash
$0.00
Paid by others
$271,400.04
Total
$271,400.04
advertising $136,000.00mailers $70,417.04television $30,000.00polling $16,400.00Other filed descriptions $10,583.00digital $8,000.00

Also funds 20 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Nov 4, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 25, 2025 to Oct 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: 101009776, 101069959, 101072290.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Fiscal

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

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 5053

by Rep. DeAyala, same lead author · Did not pass · reworked

Introduced text

Last action, May 10, 2023: Placed on General State Calendar

Relating to the venue for the prosecution of an election offense.

Caption, 88R bill history

Sources

Texas House · Filed Nov 12, 2024

03/06/2025 H Referred to Elections: Mar 6 2025 11:42AM

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

Subjects

Crimes--Miscellaneous

Elections--General

Text

The text as introduced · 329 words

By: DeAyala
H.B. No. 910

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the venue for the prosecution of an election offense.

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 13, Code of Criminal Procedure, is

amended by adding Article 13.41 to read as follows:

Art. 13.41. ELECTION OFFENSES. (a) An offense classified

as a felony under the Election Code, or a felony offense otherwise

related to an election conducted in this state, may be prosecuted in

a judicial district adjoining the judicial district in which the

offense occurred.

(b) An offense classified as a misdemeanor under the

Election Code, or a misdemeanor offense otherwise related to an

election conducted in this state, may be prosecuted in a county

adjoining the county in which the offense occurred.

(c) A county has exclusive jurisdiction over offenses

within its jurisdiction until 90 days after the Governor's

certification of election under Section 67.016, Election Code for

the election during which the offense occurred.

(d) If an offense did not occur during an election, the

county where an offense took place has exclusive jurisdiction over

offenses within its jurisdiction for 90 days after the offense is

discovered.

(e) If a prosecution under this section would be foreclosed

under Section 12.02, Code of Criminal Procedure, a prosecution may

be brought earlier than provided in subsections (c) and (d).

SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to

a violation of law that occurs on or after the effective date of

this Act. A violation that occurs before the effective date of this

Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the violation

occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for that

purpose. For purposes of this section, a violation of law occurred

before the effective date of this Act if any element of the

violation occurred before that date.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.