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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas Proposes Constitutional Amendment Granting Attorney General Concurrent Jurisdiction Over Election Law Prosecutions
Last action · August 20, 2025: Referred to State AffairsSponsors: Leo Wilson and 9 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Proposing a constitutional amendment specifying the authority of the attorney general to prosecute a criminal offense prescribed by the election laws of this state.
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.
Attorney General
Gains concurrent jurisdiction to prosecute criminal offenses prescribed by state election laws.
County or District Attorneys
Share concurrent jurisdiction with the Attorney General in prosecuting state election law offenses.
Texas Voters
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
Does the Attorney General replace local prosecutors under this amendment?
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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- Aug 20, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to State Affairs
- Aug 20, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
- Aug 15, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 75)
- Controversy80Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz60Current news / social attention level
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