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Senate committee hears bill to move Texas electors’ meeting from Monday to Tuesday
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Summary
Senate Committee on State Affairs heard testimony on Senate Bill 688, which would change the statutory meeting day for Texas’ presidential electors from Monday to Tuesday to align state law with the federal Electoral Count Reform Act of 2022. Committee left the bill pending.
Senator Hughes, author of Senate Bill 688, told the Senate Committee on State Affairs that the federal Electoral Count Reform Act of February 2022 moved the presidential electors’ meeting date to the first Tuesday after the second Wednesday in December and that Texas law must be updated to match the federal change. "The Texas election code was in compliance with federal law before federal law changed. And so, Senate Bill 688 fixes this by moving our electors moving meeting day from Monday to Tuesday," Hughes said.
The measure makes no substantive change in who serves as elector, Hughes said: "No substantive change. It'll still be our electors we choose speaking for the people of Texas and I yield." The bill’s stated purpose is a technical alignment of state statute with federal law to avoid conflict in counting electoral votes.
The committee did not take a vote. A resource witness from the Secretary of State was noted as available and no public witnesses registered to testify; the chair closed public testimony and the bill was left pending in committee.
Background: The testimony cited the federal Electoral Count Reform Act (2022) as the reason for the statutory adjustment and referenced the Texas Election Code’s prior compliance with the then‑existing federal schedule.
The committee will consider further action at a later date when members are available to vote.
