Jeff Leach Texas House of Representatives District 67 | Official Website
More specifically, the official text was summarized by the state legislature as ’’Relating to the withdrawal of a candidate in a runoff primary election’’.
The following is our breakdown, based on the actual bill text, and may include interpretation to clarify its provisions.
The bill amends the Texas Election Code to address the withdrawal of candidates in a runoff primary election. It stipulates that candidates may not withdraw from the runoff primary election after 5 p.m. on the fifth day following the final day for state canvass completion. If a leading candidate withdraws before this deadline, the candidate who placed third in the general primary may enter the runoff. If a withdrawal occurs after the deadline, the remaining candidate automatically becomes the nominee, and no runoff election is conducted. These changes apply to elections ordered on or after Sept. 1, 2025.
Jeff Leach, chair of the House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence and member of the House Committee on Public Education, proposed another 11 bills during the 89(R) legislative session.
Leach graduated from Baylor University with a BS and again from SMU Dedman School of Law with a JD.
Jeff Leach is currently serving in the Texas State House, representing the state's 67th House district. He replaced previous state representative Jerry A. Madden in 2013.
Bills in Texas go through a multi-step legislative process, including committee review, debates, and votes in both chambers before reaching a final decision. Each session, there are typically thousands of bills introduced, but only a portion successfully navigate the process to become law.
You can read more about the bills and other measures here.
| Bill Number | Date Introduced | Short Description |
|---|---|---|
| HB 3162 | 03/20/2025 | Relating to the use of an accessible absentee mail system by certain voters |
| HB 3067 | 03/20/2025 | Relating to the payment of salary to an individual pending the individual's impeachment trial |
| HB 3003 | 03/20/2025 | Relating to the unauthorized entry, occupancy, sale, rental, lease, advertisement for sale, rental, or lease, or conveyance of real property, including the removal of certain unauthorized occupants of a dwelling; creating criminal offenses; increasing a criminal penalty; authorizing a fee |
| HB 2916 | 03/19/2025 | Relating to criminal and civil liability for disabling, damaging, or destroying an unmanned aircraft |
| HB 2536 | 03/17/2025 | Relating to the purchase of or acquisition of title to real property by certain aliens or foreign entities; creating a criminal offense |
| HB 2535 | 03/17/2025 | Relating to the determination of resident status of students by public institutions of higher education |
| HB 1671 | 03/12/2025 | Relating to the establishment of parentage and the duty to pay retroactive child support, including the duty to pay retroactive child support beginning on the date of the child's conception |
| HB 1670 | 03/12/2025 | Relating to a person submitting proof of citizenship to verify eligibility to vote in Texas |
| HB 797 | 03/05/2025 | Relating to the discipline of judges by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct and notice to the legislature of certain reprimands |
| HB 734 | 03/04/2025 | Relating to the failure to report child abuse or neglect; increasing a criminal penalty |
| HB 717 | 03/04/2025 | Relating to the right of a public school employee to engage in religious speech or prayer while on duty |
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