Despite accounts from reporters and Democrats in the room (not to mention those watching the livestream), who saw the vote begin after the midnight deadline, the abortion bill officially passed on time, according to Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, and therefore the Associated Press.

But many reporters on the scene seem reluctant to agree:

Senate now voting to approve SB5. It's after midnight. Chaos continues in Senate #txlege — Statesmanmike (@mikestatesman) June 26, 2013

Even many Senators seemed unsure about the status of the bill:

Add'l context: Reporters on the Senate floor are just walking up to senators and asking them if #SB5 passed. They really don't know. #txlege — EricaGrieder (@EricaGrieder) June 26, 2013

While the Texas State Senate's site appears to show the final vote on the bill happening on June 26 — after midnight:

Minutes after The Atlantic Wire took a screenshot of the Senate's website, the record of the vote changed the dates to 6/25. We're not sure if that's the same record cited here or not:

For what its worth, official computer records the vote on 6/25/2013. That may end up deciding constitutionality #txlege #sb5 — ChrisTomlinson (@cltomlinson) June 26, 2013

Democrats circulated a similar set of records to reporters on the scene:

Docs from Hinojosa showing time change on #SB5 vote pic.twitter.com/ndcLC6X1Mp — Becca Aaronson (@becca_aa) June 26, 2013

While legislators managed to delay the vote for over an hour after Davis's filibuster was halted, it's the scene 15 minutes before the midnight deadline that will clearly be the most memorable of the evening: Senator Leticia Van De Putte asked the Senate chair why her motion to adjourn was not recognized before the roll call vote on the bill began. "At what point must a female senator raise her hand and her voice to be recognized by her male colleagues?" she said, prompting the crowd in the gallery to erupt in cheers that lasted for the remaining 15 minutes, taking the chamber past the deadline. The Senate was unable to regain order in the room until several minutes after midnight.

In any case, as things stand now, Republicans are saying the bill passed just before the deadline, while pretty much everyone else is saying that it didn't, though some media reports are acknowledging the Lieutenant Governor's call that it passed on time. So the question now is whether the vote will stand in either the short or long term, something Democrats have already vowed to challenge. It looks like we'll have to wait to see how this mayhem shakes out.

Update: 11:53 p.m. Two hours before the end of a special session in the Texas legislation, State Republicans ended State Senator Wendy Davis's filibuster of a proposed 20-week abortion ban when the Senate chair ruled that Davis had committed her third violation — speaking about an existing sonogram law while addressing the effect of the abortion bill on the state's women. That topic, apparently, was not germane to the debate (current law requires a woman seeking an abortion to have a sonogram 24 hours before the procedure, while the doctor describes and displays the images). But the effort to prevent a vote on the bill isn't over yet.