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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the public inspection of election records."
+description: "Relating to the public inspection of election records."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "88"
+identifier: "HB 5180"
+citation: "Texas HB 5180 (88)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Elections--Administration (I0277)", "RECORDS MANAGEMENT (S0205)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bucy", "Hughes", "Wilson"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 67
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2023-03-10"
+last_action: "2023-06-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50c369e4-7817-49fd-92e5-087636ffaffa"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05100_HB05199/HB 5180.xml"
+source_hash: "beb15f04b8415ec983db82cd25edf9a6ecca632c9ad6aa041498464a1ec96e8a"
+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 5180 (88) — Relating to the public inspection of election 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/88R/billtext/html/HB05180I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05180E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05180H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05180S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05180F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **138–1** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **138–1** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **19–11** (pass) · upper
+- other — **12–19** (fail) · upper
+- passage — **133–1** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bucy — primary (person)
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+- Wilson — primary (person)
+- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
+- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
+- Hall — cosponsor (person)
+- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
+- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
+- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
+- Thimesch — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-03-10** Filed `filing`
+- **2023-03-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-03-24** 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`
+- **2023-04-27** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2023-04-28** Committee report distributed
+- **2023-05-01** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
+- **2023-05-03** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
+- **2023-05-06** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
+- **2023-05-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-06** Passed to engrossment
+- **2023-05-06** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2023-05-06** Passed `passage`
+- **2023-05-06** Record vote
+- **2023-05-06** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-06** Reported engrossed
+- **2023-05-08** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2023-05-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2023-05-09** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2023-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2023-05-15** Considered in public hearing
+- **2023-05-15** Testimony taken in committee
+- **2023-05-15** Vote taken in committee
+- **2023-05-17** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2023-05-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2023-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2023-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2023-05-18** Co-sponsor authorized
+- **2023-05-18** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-05-18** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **2023-05-18** Record vote
+- **2023-05-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2023-05-18** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
+- **2023-05-18** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
+- **2023-05-18** Record vote
+- **2023-05-18** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2023-05-18** Record vote
+- **2023-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-05-22** Not again placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-05-24** Placed on intent calendar
+- **2023-05-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
+- **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 as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2023-05-25** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2023-05-25** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2023-05-26** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2023-05-26** Record vote
+- **2023-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2023-05-26** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2023-05-26** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2023-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2023-05-29** 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/50c369e4-7817-49fd-92e5-087636ffaffa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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