By Andrew Schneider
Senate Bill 16, one of Republicans’ priority measures, failed to make it to the House floor before the regular session of the 89th Texas Legislature ended Monday.
One of the most noteworthy bills that died at the end of the Texas legislative session would have required people to provide documentary proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in the state. Senate Bill 16, a priority measure for Republicans, passed the state Senate on a party-line vote, but never made it to the floor of the House of Representatives for consideration before the regular session ended Monday.
“This isn’t the first legislative session that we’ve seen documentary proof of citizenship bills like SB 16 here in Texas,” said Jessica Hulett, the Houston regional director for VoteRiders, a nonprofit that opposed SB 16. “We saw it here in 2025. We saw it in 2023. It’s something that we do need to remain vigilant for in the future.”
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June 5, 2025.
