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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to methods to send applications and orders for sealing juvenile records."
+description: "Relating to methods to send applications and orders for sealing juvenile records."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "87"
+identifier: "HB 1401"
+citation: "Texas HB 1401 (87)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CRIMINAL RECORDS (S0008)", "Crimes--Juvenile (I0190)", "Family--Juvenile Delinquency (I0360)", "Minors--Juvenile Justice (I0534)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Guillen", "Huffman", "Johnson, Ann", "White", "Wu"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 44
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-01-27"
+last_action: "2021-06-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9bd5b6d7-7a29-48d7-92a4-678ea4fe3dbb"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01400_HB01499/HB 1401.xml"
+source_hash: "be4eaa0febd7370a022a774daed72615c4c971b11562be4c9a54cb4f267b2684"
+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 1401 (87) — Relating to methods to send applications and orders for sealing juvenile records.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01401I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01401E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01401H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01401S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01401F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **148–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Guillen — primary (person)
+- Huffman — primary (person)
+- Johnson, Ann — primary (person)
+- White — primary (person)
+- Wu — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-27** Filed `filing`
+- **2021-03-05** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-03-05** Referred to Juvenile Justice & Family Issues `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-15** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2021-03-15** Left pending in committee
+- **2021-03-22** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-03-22** Committee substitute considered in committee
+- **2021-03-22** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
+- **2021-03-25** Committee report distributed
+- **2021-03-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2021-03-29** Considered in Calendars
+- **2021-03-31** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2021-03-31** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-31** Passed to engrossment
+- **2021-04-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-04-01** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-04-01** Record vote
+- **2021-04-01** Reported engrossed
+- **2021-04-06** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2021-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-04-12** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
+- **2021-05-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2021-05-04** Considered in public hearing
+- **2021-05-06** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-05-06** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-05-06** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2021-05-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2021-05-19** Laid before the Senate
+- **2021-05-19** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
+- **2021-05-19** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2021-05-19** Three day rule suspended
+- **2021-05-19** Record vote
+- **2021-05-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2021-05-19** Passed `passage`
+- **2021-05-19** Record vote
+- **2021-05-19** Senate passage reported
+- **2021-05-20** Reported enrolled
+- **2021-05-23** Signed in the House
+- **2021-05-24** Signed in the Senate
+- **2021-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2021-06-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-06-04** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9bd5b6d7-7a29-48d7-92a4-678ea4fe3dbb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+