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+---
+type: "Bill"
+title: "Relating to the regulation of certain business entities that act as data brokers."
+description: "Relating to the regulation of certain business entities that act as data brokers."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
+legislature: "Texas Legislature"
+session: "89R"
+identifier: "SB 2121"
+citation: "Texas SB 2121 (89R)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "Protection of Personal Information (I0003)"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Bell, Keith", "Johnson"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 58
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2025-03-10"
+last_action: "2025-06-20"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9862afa4-e5f0-400e-83a3-3699fc72d495"
+source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02100_SB02199/SB 2121.xml"
+source_hash: "6d0df56ba2af91a42b79f1edf78b47bd6dacf1ac9bf3e5e8487a1365524ff0d6"
+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 SB 2121 (89R) — Relating to the regulation of certain business entities that act as data brokers.
+
+## 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/SB02121I.HTM)
+2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02121E.HTM)
+3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02121H.HTM)
+4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02121S.HTM)
+5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02121F.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- passage — **131–2** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **113–27** (pass) · lower
+- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Bell, Keith — primary (person)
+- Johnson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-10** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
+- **2025-03-10** Filed `filing`
+- **2025-03-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-03-24** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
+- **2025-04-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
+- **2025-04-10** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-10** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-04-15** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-04-15** Vote taken in committee
+- **2025-04-16** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-04-16** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-04-16** Committee report printed and distributed
+- **2025-04-24** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
+- **2025-04-24** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
+- **2025-04-24** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
+- **2025-04-24** Vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-04-24** Three day rule suspended
+- **2025-04-24** Record vote
+- **2025-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-04-24** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-04-24** Record vote
+- **2025-04-24** Reported engrossed
+- **2025-04-25** Received from the Senate `introduction`
+- **2025-04-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2025-04-28** Referred to Trade, Workforce & Economic Development `referral-committee`
+- **2025-05-07** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-05-07** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
+- **2025-05-07** Left pending in committee
+- **2025-05-14** Considered in public hearing
+- **2025-05-14** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
+- **2025-05-14** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2025-05-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
+- **2025-05-19** Committee report distributed
+- **2025-05-20** Committee report sent to Calendars
+- **2025-05-22** Considered in Calendars
+- **2025-05-24** Placed on General State Calendar
+- **2025-05-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
+- **2025-05-27** Passed to 3rd reading
+- **2025-05-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
+- **2025-05-27** Postponed
+- **2025-05-27** Record vote
+- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-28** Laid out as postponed business
+- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
+- **2025-05-28** Record vote
+- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
+- **2025-05-28** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
+- **2025-05-31** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
+- **2025-05-31** Read
+- **2025-05-31** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
+- **2025-05-31** Record vote
+- **2025-05-31** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
+- **2025-05-31** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
+- **2025-06-01** Signed in the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-06-02** Signed in the House `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/9862afa4-e5f0-400e-83a3-3699fc72d495`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
+