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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to immunity from liability of a court clerk and county for the disclosure or release of certain court documents and information contained in the court documents."
+description: "Relating to immunity from liability of a court clerk and county for the disclosure or release of certain court documents and information contained in the court documents."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "HB 685"
+citation: "Texas HB 685 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Courts--Administration (I0130)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Ashby", "Clardy", "Hughes", "Lambert", "White"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 53
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-01-08"
+last_action: "2019-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84f33614-f1d0-4b9b-a053-996da2c5eb74"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00600_HB00699/HB 685.xml"
+source_hash: "a8c9fd486110bb468705ee5581364551abe6f148c677d0f0aed79711659b2907"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
+---
+
+# Texas HB 685 (86) — Relating to immunity from liability of a court clerk and county for the disclosure or release of certain court documents and information contained in the court documents.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB00685I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **133–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Ashby — primary (person)
+- Clardy — primary (person)
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+- Lambert — primary (person)
+- White — primary (person)
+- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
+- Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
+- Darby — cosponsor (person)
+- Fierro — cosponsor (person)
+- Harris — cosponsor (person)
+- Holland — cosponsor (person)
+- King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
+- King, Phil — cosponsor (person)
+- Kuempel — cosponsor (person)
+- Lang — cosponsor (person)
+- Murr — cosponsor (person)
+- Smith — cosponsor (person)
+- Springer — cosponsor (person)
+- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-01-08** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-02-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-02-21** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-04** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-04** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-03-04** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2019-03-04** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-03-11** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-11** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-03-11** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-13** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-03-13** Vote reconsidered in committee
+- **2019-03-13** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2019-03-13** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-04-01** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-04-02** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-04-05** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-18** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-04-23** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-04-23** Passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-24** Record vote
+- **2019-04-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-24** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-24** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2019-04-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-25** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-05-09** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
+- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-05-22** Record vote
+- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-22** Record vote
+- **2019-05-23** Senate passage reported
+- **2019-05-24** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-14** Effective immediately
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84f33614-f1d0-4b9b-a053-996da2c5eb74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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