H.R. No. 2435       R E S O L U T I O N          BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of   Texas, 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, That House Rule 13,   Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13,   Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to   resolve the differences on House Bill 357 (the requirements to   access the online tracker of an application for a ballot to be voted   by mail and to the date of runoff elections) to consider and take   action on the following matter:          House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(4), is suspended to permit the   committee to add text on a matter not included in either the house   or senate version of the bill by adding the following SECTIONS to   the bill:          SECTION 1.  Section 2.025, Election Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as   follows:          (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (d) or as otherwise   provided by this code, a runoff election shall be held on a Saturday   designated by the secretary of state [not earlier than the 20th or   later than the 45th day after the date the final canvass of the main   election is completed].          (e)  A date designated by the secretary of state under this   section for a runoff election:                (1)  must be:                      (A)  not earlier than the 30th day after the date   of the main election; and                      (B)  not later than the 45th day after the date of   the main election; and                (2)  may not:                      (A)  be a national or state holiday under Section   1.006(f); or                      (B)  have an early voting period that includes a   national or state holiday under Section 1.006(f).          SECTION 3.  Section 2.025(b), Election Code, is repealed.          Explanation:  This change is necessary to provide for   consistency and predictability in determining the date of a runoff   election.     Bucy     ______________________________   Speaker of the House                 I certify that H.R. No. 2435 was adopted by the House on May   28, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0, 3 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House