Bill Text: TX HB959 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the date of the primary election runoff.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB959 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB959-Introduced.html

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89R1117 LRM-F
By: Schofield H.B. No. 959

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the date of the primary election runoff.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 41.007, Election Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as
follows:
(b) The runoff primary election date is the second [fourth]
Tuesday in April [May] following the general primary election.
(b-1) The runoff primary election date for an election for
federal office is the fourth Tuesday in May following the general
primary election.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.