John Smithee, Texas State Representative of the 86th district (R) | https://www.facebook.com/JohnSmitheeHD86/
John Smithee, Texas State Representative of the 86th district (R) | https://www.facebook.com/JohnSmitheeHD86/
More specifically, the official text was summarized by the state legislature as ’’Relating to the administration of and procedures relating to early voting by personal appearance’’.
The following is our breakdown, based on the actual bill text, and may include interpretation to clarify its provisions.
This bill amends several sections of the Texas Election Code related to early voting by personal appearance. It specifies that state funds may only cover certain expenses, including voter registration processes and, in counties with populations under 10,000, the cost of keeping polling places open during early voting. For counties with populations of 10,000 or more, it mandates extended early voting hours at main polling places, requiring at least 12 consecutive hours on weekdays during the last week of early voting and 12 hours on the last Saturday and six hours on the last Sunday. In counties with populations under 10,000, extended hours must occur on a single weekend day. The provisions apply to elections starting Sept. 1, 2025.
John Smithee, chair of the House Committee on Criminal Jurisprudence and member of the House Committee on State Affairs, proposed another seven bills during the 89(R) legislative session.
Smithee graduated from West Texas A&M with a BBA and again from Texas Tech University Law School with a JD.
John Smithee is currently serving in the Texas State House, representing the state's 86th House district. He replaced previous state representative Bob Simpson in 1985.
Bills in Texas go through a multi-step legislative process, including committee review, debates, and votes in both chambers before reaching a final decision. Each session, there are typically thousands of bills introduced, but only a portion successfully navigate the process to become law.
You can read more about the bills and other measures here.
| Bill Number | Date Introduced | Short Description |
|---|---|---|
| HB 5020 | 04/03/2025 | Relating to requirements for the exercise of the power of impeachment by the House of Representatives and providing that officers against whom articles of impeachment are preferred receive pay during the pendency of impeachment proceedings |
| HB 2248 | 04/02/2025 | Relating to the public information law |
| HB 3688 | 03/25/2025 | Relating to the issuance of certain anticipation notes and certificates of obligation |
| HB 76 | 03/18/2025 | Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds to pay bail bonds |
| HB 75 | 03/18/2025 | Relating to the release of defendants on bail, the duties of a magistrate in certain criminal proceedings, and the regulation of charitable bail organizations |
| HB 1957 | 03/14/2025 | Relating to an exemption from jury service for a person who is over the age of 65 |
| HB 1945 | 03/14/2025 | Relating to the confidentiality of a public or private school employee's home address information in property tax appraisal records |
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