85S10721 GRM-D By: Turner H.B. No. 237 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to straight-party voting. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 404 (H.B. 25), Acts of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, is repealed. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect December 1, 2017.