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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the availability on the Internet of certain reports of political contributions and expenditures."
+description: "Relating to the availability on the Internet of certain reports of political contributions and expenditures."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "HB 2626"
+citation: "Texas HB 2626 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections--Campaign Financing (I0290)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS (S0114)", "Political Subdivisions (I0588)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Leach", "Perry", "Tepper"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 52
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-02-22"
+last_action: "2023-06-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1d0ab87-6474-418d-8310-c40c630c4b42"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB02600_HB02699/HB 2626.xml"
+source_hash: "0d3f34ba18683c7d824e9b50a21a04e24f5b6b1e3868f36ce4c29689d5b7a5e8"
+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 2626 (88) — Relating to the availability on the Internet of certain reports of political contributions and expenditures.
+
+## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB02626I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02626E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02626H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02626S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB02626F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **139–1** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Leach — primary (person)
+- Perry — primary (person)
+- Tepper — primary (person)
+- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-02-22** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-13** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-13** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-13** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-13** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2023-04-13** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2023-04-13** Left pending in committee
+- **2023-04-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-04-20** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2023-04-20** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-02** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-05-02** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-05-02** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2023-05-10** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
+- **2023-05-12** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
+- **2023-05-12** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-12** Passed to engrossment
+- **2023-05-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-12** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-12** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-12** Record vote
+- **2023-05-12** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-12** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-05-15** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2023-05-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-05-16** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-05-18** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-18** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-05-19** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-19** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-19** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-05-21** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2023-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-05-23** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-24** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-05-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-24** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-24** Three day rule suspended
+- **2023-05-24** Record vote
+- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-24** Record vote
+- **2023-05-25** Senate passage reported `passage`
+- **2023-05-26** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-27** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2023-06-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2023-06-13** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1d0ab87-6474-418d-8310-c40c630c4b42`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+