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The state House and Senate both want to make illegal voting a felony in Texas again, but there's a point of disagreement between their bills. The House gave its preliminary approval on Thursday to a bill that restores felony status to illegal voting. The state legislature had downgraded it to a misdemeanor in 2021. The House and Senate versions of the bill differ in the ways they define whether a person can be prosecuted for deliberately voting illegally. The two chambers will have to try to hammer out the difference.