The Texas Senate on Thursday passed a GOP-backed voting reform bill despite hurdles from Democratic lawmakers.

Legislators voted 18-11, along party lines, to pass Senate Bill 1, a piece of legislation that would ban drive-thru voting, implement more comprehensive voter identification requirements for mail-in ballots, and prohibit officials from sending voting applications to those who did not request them, among other things.

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