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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the sealing of certain documents alleged to contain trade secrets."
+description: "Relating to the sealing of certain documents alleged to contain trade secrets."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "HB 4081"
+citation: "Texas HB 4081 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business & Commerce--Trade Practices (I0006)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Courts--General (I0160)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bumgarner", "Hayes", "Hughes", "Vasut"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 53
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-03-07"
+last_action: "2025-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb77c4a1-2b45-4ddb-a795-1062bb8638bb"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04000_HB04099/HB 4081.xml"
+source_hash: "09c456a3450ef1dbc1fa8aa656308cc1879cdc37e44dd399d70830fcda42ad8a"
+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 4081 (89R) — Relating to the sealing of certain documents alleged to contain trade secrets.
+
+## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB04081I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04081E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04081H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04081S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04081F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **129–7** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **140–5** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **129–7** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bumgarner — primary (person)
+- Hayes — primary (person)
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+- Vasut — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-07** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-03-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-03-27** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-09** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-09** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2025-04-09** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-04-14** Considered in formal meeting
+- **2025-04-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-04-23** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2025-04-30** Considered in Calendars
+- **2025-05-02** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2025-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-05** Amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-05** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-06** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-06** Record vote
+- **2025-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-06** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2025-05-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-05-07** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2025-05-22** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-05-22** Vote taken in committee
+- **2025-05-25** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-25** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-05-25** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2025-05-28** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-05-28** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-28** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-28** Three day rule suspended
+- **2025-05-28** Record vote
+- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-28** Record vote
+- **2025-05-29** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-29** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2025-05-29** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2025-05-30** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2025-05-30** Record vote
+- **2025-05-30** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-30** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2025-05-30** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2025-05-31** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-06-01** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2025-06-01** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-06-02** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb77c4a1-2b45-4ddb-a795-1062bb8638bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+