---
title: SECRETARY OF STATE - Texas Legislation
subject: SECRETARY OF STATE
total_bills: 29
unique_authors: 18
critical_bills: 7
high_cost_bills: 2
canonical_url: "https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/secretary-of-state"
source: JD Key Consulting - Texas Legislative Intelligence
---

# SECRETARY OF STATE

Legislative subject area in the Texas 89th Legislature

## Overview

- **Total Bills:** 29
- **Unique Authors:** 18
- **Critical Compliance:** 7 bills
- **High Cost Impact:** 2 bills
- **Bipartisan Bills:** 15

## Chamber Breakdown

- **Senate:** 19 bills
- **Senate:** 10 bills

## Compliance Urgency Distribution

- **Critical:** 7 bills
- **Moderate:** 9 bills
- **Low:** 12 bills
- **Unanalyzed:** 1 bills

## Top Authors in This Subject

- **Bryan Hughes** (R, Senate) - 5 bills
- **Paul Bettencourt** (R, Senate) - 3 bills
- **Tan Parker** (R, Senate) - 3 bills
- **Ryan Guillen** (R, House) - 2 bills
- **Lois Kolkhorst** (R, Senate) - 2 bills
- **Royce West** (D, Senate) - 2 bills
- **Drew Darby** (R, House) - 1 bills
- **Cody Vasut** (R, House) - 1 bills

## Related Subjects

- [Elections](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/elections) (14 shared bills)
- [Elections--Administration](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/elections-administration) (8 shared bills)
- [Elections--Election Officers](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/elections-election-officers) (8 shared bills)
- [Crimes](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/crimes) (6 shared bills)
- [Business & Commerce](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/business-commerce) (6 shared bills)
- [Elections--General](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/elections-general) (6 shared bills)
- [Business & Commerce--General](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/business-commerce-general) (5 shared bills)
- [Courts](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/courts) (5 shared bills)

## Enforcing Agencies

- [Texas Secretary of State](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-secretary-of-state) - 9 bills
- [Office of the Attorney General](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/office-of-the-attorney-general) - 4 bills
- [County Clerks](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/county-clerks) - 3 bills
- [Office of the Governor](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/office-of-the-governor) - 2 bills
- [Texas Commission on Environmental Quality](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-commission-on-environmental-quality) - 1 bills
- [Texas Civil Courts](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/agency/texas-civil-courts) - 1 bills

## High Impact Bills

| Bill | Title | Urgency | Cost |
|------|-------|---------|------|
| [HB4211](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4211-89th-regular) | Relating to certain residential property i... | Critical | High |
| [SB17](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb17-89th-regular) | Relating to the purchase or acquisition of... | Critical | High |
| [HB521](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb521-89th-regular) | Relating to accommodating voters with a di... | Critical | Low |
| [SB14](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb14-89th-regular) | Relating to reforming the procedure by whi... | Critical | Low |
| [SB16](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb16-89th-2nd-special) | Relating to real property theft and real p... | Critical | Low |
| [SB2221](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2221-89th-regular) | Relating to the filing of a fraudulent fin... | Critical | Medium |
| [SB693](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb693-89th-regular) | Relating to notaries public; creating a cr... | Critical | Medium |

## All Bills

| Bill | Title | Author | Compliance |
|------|-------|--------|------------|
| [HB20](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb20-89th-2nd-special) | Relating to measures to prevent and r... | Drew Darby (R) | Moderate |
| [SB16](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb16-89th-2nd-special) | Relating to real property theft and r... | Royce West (D) | Critical |
| [HB1991](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb1991-89th-regular) | Relating to information regarding cer... | Ryan Guillen (R) | Moderate |
| [HB2259](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb2259-89th-regular) | Relating to the instructions for an a... | Mano DeAyala (R) | Low |
| [HB346](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb346-89th-regular) | Relating to the fee amounts prescribe... | Caroline Harris Davila (R) | Moderate |
| [HB3909](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb3909-89th-regular) | Relating to the use of a wireless com... | Hillary Hickland (R) | Low |
| [HB4211](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb4211-89th-regular) | Relating to certain residential prope... | Candy Noble (R) | Critical |
| [HB500](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb500-89th-regular) | Relating to making supplemental appro... | Greg Bonnen (R) | Low |
| [HB5093](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb5093-89th-regular) | Relating to disclosure under the publ... | Salman Bhojani (D) | Low |
| [HB521](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hb521-89th-regular) | Relating to accommodating voters with... | Ryan Guillen (R) | Critical |
| [HJR98](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/hjr98-89th-regular) | Applying to the Congress of the Unite... | Cody Vasut (R) | Low |
| [SB1271](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1271-89th-regular) | Relating to the concurrent jurisdicti... | Kelly Hancock (R) | Low |
| [SB14](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb14-89th-regular) | Relating to reforming the procedure b... | Phil King (R) | Critical |
| [SB1470](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1470-89th-regular) | Relating to requiring the Department ... | Bryan Hughes (R) | Low |
| [SB1540](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1540-89th-regular) | Relating to maintaining the confident... | Paul Bettencourt (R) | Low |
| [SB17](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb17-89th-regular) | Relating to the purchase or acquisiti... | Lois Kolkhorst (R) | Critical |
| [SB1862](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb1862-89th-regular) | Relating to interstate notification b... | Bryan Hughes (R) | Low |
| [SB2166](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2166-89th-regular) | Relating to testing of voting tabulat... | Tan Parker (R) | - |
| [SB2217](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2217-89th-regular) | Relating to certain election practice... | Bryan Hughes (R) | Moderate |
| [SB2221](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2221-89th-regular) | Relating to the filing of a fraudulen... | Tan Parker (R) | Critical |
| [SB2411](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2411-89th-regular) | Relating to business organizations. | Charles Schwertner (R) | Moderate |
| [SB2753](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2753-89th-regular) | Relating to the integration of early ... | Bob Hall (R) | Moderate |
| [SB29](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb29-89th-regular) | Relating to the formation, governance... | Bryan Hughes (R) | Moderate |
| [SB2964](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb2964-89th-regular) | Relating to an opportunity to correct... | Bryan Hughes (R) | Low |
| [SB506](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb506-89th-regular) | Relating to requirements for certain ... | Paul Bettencourt (R) | Moderate |
| [SB510](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb510-89th-regular) | Relating to the failure of a voter re... | Paul Bettencourt (R) | Low |
| [SB693](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb693-89th-regular) | Relating to notaries public; creating... | Royce West (D) | Critical |
| [SB827](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb827-89th-regular) | Relating to the audit of an election ... | Tan Parker (R) | Moderate |
| [SB901](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/sb901-89th-regular) | Relating to the declaration of a cand... | Lois Kolkhorst (R) | Low |

## Source Links

- [Full Interactive Analysis](https://jdkey.com/texas-89th-legislature/subject/secretary-of-state)
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