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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas joins interstate compact to award presidential electors to national popular vote winner
Last action · March 14, 2025: Referred to State AffairsSponsor: Vikki Goodwin
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What This Bill Proposed
Relating to the adoption of the Agreement Among the States to Elect the President by National Popular Vote.
Changes how Texas allocates its s in future general elections, shifting from the traditional winner-take-all state method to a national tally system, provided enough other states adopt the same agreement.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Texas voters
State election officials
Chief election and certifying officials must calculate national popular vote totals, communicate vote determinations to other states, and certify elector slates according to the compact.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Can Texas withdraw from the agreement?
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Mar 14, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to State Affairs
- Mar 14, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
- Jan 17, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Shift to National Popular Vote
The bill transitions Texas from a state-level winner-take-all elector system to a national popular vote aggregation model conditional on multi-state adoption.
Sources
capitol.texas.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 85)
- Controversy90Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz75Current news / social attention level
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