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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to a special right of access under the public information law for a member of a governing board."
+description: "Relating to a special right of access under the public information law for a member of a governing board."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "HB 4310"
+citation: "Texas HB 4310 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "Charitable & Nonprofit Organizations (I0055)", "City Government--General (I0060)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "Open Records (I0548)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Vasut"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 53
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2025-03-11"
+last_action: "2025-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8ef6ed5-b8ae-462e-91be-b60d80e53def"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04300_HB04399/HB 4310.xml"
+source_hash: "569f362c8f8c49b902400cf979ea6552c5407a130ab9317e97986b6ac458815c"
+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 4310 (89R) — Relating to a special right of access under the public information law for a member of a governing board.
+
+## 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/HB04310I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04310E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04310H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04310S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04310F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **112–13** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **126–0** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **112–13** (pass) · upper
+- passage — **134–4** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hughes — primary (person)
+- Vasut — primary (person)
+- Pierson — cosponsor (person)
+- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
+- Toth — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-11** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-04-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-04-01** Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-23** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-23** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2025-04-23** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-04-30** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-30** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-05-06** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-05-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2025-05-08** Considered in Calendars
+- **2025-05-10** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2025-05-13** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-13** Passed to engrossment
+- **2025-05-13** Record vote
+- **2025-05-13** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-14** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-14** Record vote
+- **2025-05-14** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-14** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-05-14** Received from the House `introduction`
+- **2025-05-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-05-15** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-20** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-05-20** Vote taken in committee
+- **2025-05-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2025-05-25** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-05-25** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2025-05-25** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-25** Three day rule suspended
+- **2025-05-25** Record vote
+- **2025-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-25** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-25** Record vote
+- **2025-05-25** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-25** Senate Amendments distributed
+- **2025-05-25** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
+- **2025-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
+- **2025-05-28** Record vote
+- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
+- **2025-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
+- **2025-05-29** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-05-30** Signed in the House `passage`
+- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-06-20** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
+- **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/a8ef6ed5-b8ae-462e-91be-b60d80e53def`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+