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Editor's call: No flags. On Nov 1, 2026 the editor checked this charge against the bill's caption and removed it.
Corrected Nov 1, 2026 · We checked this summary against the bill text and fixed it.
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relating to the manufacture of voting machines by certain foreign persons.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Software contracts with companies headquartered or individuals based in listed countries would be barred.
The bill bars companies that make voting systems used in Texas elections from signing, extending or renewing software development contracts with companies headquartered in China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia or Venezuela, or with individuals based in those countries. It touches voting system manufacturers and any software contractors tied to those six countries. Starting September 1, 2025, for elections ordered after that date, those software contracts are off limits, though the text does not address hardware manufacturing or set a specific penalty.
Labels: ZOMBIE BILL. Died 2 times: 88R SB 1846 (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 SB 1846 (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.QUICK READ: 145 WORDS. The bill as filed runs 145 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).NEVER GOT A HEARING. Filed Mar 13, 2025 and referred to the Senate State Affairs committee. No public hearing. The bill died.
89R-SB2495 · 2025-03-13
relating to the manufacture of voting machines by certain foreign persons.
Software contracts with companies headquartered or individuals based in listed countries would be barred.
The bill bars companies that make voting systems used in Texas elections from signing, extending or renewing software development contracts with companies headquartered in China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia or Venezuela, or with individuals based in those countries. It touches voting system manufacturers and any software contractors tied to those six countries. Starting September 1, 2025, for elections ordered after that date, those software contracts are off limits, though the text does not address hardware manufacturing or set a specific penalty.
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THE TEXT
“a company or other entity headquartered in China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, or Venezuela; or”…
Bill text, introduced version (I)
The bill closes voting system software work to entities and individuals tied to six named foreign adversary countries.
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$0 raised since Jul 1, 2024. Derived sum of published report totals. blank in the state's data, consistent with zero. Flow, Jul 1, 2024 through Jun 30, 2026. State filing data as of Nov 4, 2026. 4 of 4 filed reports carry a published figure.
Report 101060909: Published total from the filed report. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. Filed report 101060909
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Report 101060909: Published total from the filed report. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. Filed report 101060909
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No floor vote loaded for this bill.
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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 Sen. Creighton, same lead author · Did not pass · reworked
Introduced textLast action, May 23, 2023: Placed on General State Calendar
Relating to the manufacture of voting machines by certain foreign persons.
Caption, 88R bill history
Texas Senate · Filed Mar 13, 2025
04/03/2025 S Referred to State Affairs
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Nov 1, 2026 at 10:30 AM CST. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
Senate committee · State Affairs · Final status: Died in committee
Elections--General
Elections--Voting Systems
Intergovernmental Relations
INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
The text as introduced · 145 words
89R15096 MPF-D By: Creighton S.B. No. 2495 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the manufacture of voting machines by certain foreign persons. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 122.0331, Election Code, is amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: (e) A manufacturer of voting systems used in an election may not enter into a contract, or extend or renew a contract, for software development services with: (1) a company or other entity headquartered in China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, or Venezuela; or (2) an individual who is based in China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Russia, or Venezuela. SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to an election ordered on or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.