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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the confidentiality of personal information of certain employees and contractors of the Department of Family and Protective Services and of certain elected officials."
+description: "Relating to the confidentiality of personal information of certain employees and contractors of the Department of Family and Protective Services and of certain elected officials."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "86"
+identifier: "SB 1494"
+citation: "Texas SB 1494 (86)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Family--Child Protection (I0351)", "Protection of Personal Information (I0003)", "State Employees (I0626)", "FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hinojosa", "Klick", "Miller", "Paxton", "Rose", "Wu"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 58
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2019-03-05"
+last_action: "2019-06-10"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0399d6f2-638a-42a2-98ef-e30d22fd1fe8"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01400_SB01499/SB 1494.xml"
+source_hash: "c2471f5a395edc501f0061236fc87c45d4b0a92c19e84ffd8249a510103d1e33"
+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 SB 1494 (86) — Relating to the confidentiality of personal information of certain employees and contractors of the Department of Family and Protective Services and of certain elected officials.
+
+## 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/SB01494I.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **127–7** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hinojosa — primary (person)
+- Klick — primary (person)
+- Miller — primary (person)
+- Paxton — primary (person)
+- Rose — primary (person)
+- Wu — primary (person)
+- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
+- Buckingham — cosponsor (person)
+- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
+- Fallon — cosponsor (person)
+- Flores — cosponsor (person)
+- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
+- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
+- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
+- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
+- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
+- Nichols — cosponsor (person)
+- Perry — cosponsor (person)
+- Powell — cosponsor (person)
+- Rodríguez — cosponsor (person)
+- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
+- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
+- Watson — cosponsor (person)
+- Whitmire — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-03-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
+- **2019-03-05** Filed `filing`
+- **2019-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-03-14** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-26** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-03-26** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2019-03-26** Left pending in committee
+- **2019-03-28** Considered in public hearing
+- **2019-04-01** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-01** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2019-04-02** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-04-03** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-04-03** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2019-04-08** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-04-11** Co-author authorized
+- **2019-04-11** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2019-04-11** Record vote
+- **2019-04-11** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
+- **2019-04-11** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-04-11** Three day rule suspended
+- **2019-04-11** Record vote
+- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-04-11** Record vote
+- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
+- **2019-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2019-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2019-04-15** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
+- **2019-05-02** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2019-05-02** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
+- **2019-05-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2019-05-04** Committee report distributed
+- **2019-05-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2019-05-13** Considered in Calendars
+- **2019-05-15** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2019-05-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-15** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2019-05-15** Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
+- **2019-05-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-05-15** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
+- **2019-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2019-05-16** Passed `passage`
+- **2019-05-16** Record vote
+- **2019-05-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2019-05-16** House passage as amended reported
+- **2019-05-23** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2019-05-23** Read
+- **2019-05-23** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2019-05-23** Record vote
+- **2019-05-23** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
+- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
+- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
+- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2019-06-10** Effective immediately
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0399d6f2-638a-42a2-98ef-e30d22fd1fe8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+