88R33222 MLH-D     By: Hughes S.R. No. 706     R E S O L U T I O N            BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th   Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, That Senate Rule 12.03 be   suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 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:          Senate Rule 12.03(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  Section 2.025(b), Election Code, is repealed.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.