---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the online publication of home addresses of certain occupational license holders."
description: "Relating to the online publication of home addresses of certain occupational license holders."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 125"
citation: "Texas HB 125 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Occupational Regulation--Health Occupations (I0540)", "Open Records (I0548)", "Protection of Personal Information (I0003)", "CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY COUNSELORS (S0667)", "DYSLEXIA (S9807)", "PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS (S0714)", "SOCIAL WORK & SOCIAL WORKERS (S0030)", "EXAMINERS OF PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS", "TEXAS STATE BOARD OF (V0308)", "LICENSING & REGULATION", "TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF (V8529)", "SOCIAL WORKER EXAMINERS", "STATE BOARD OF (V0289)", "STATE HEALTH SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0463)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Martinez", "Menéndez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-11-12"
last_action: "2019-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dc0b88bc-23d6-4d33-b3a8-f2b50ef0635e"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00100_HB00199/HB 125.xml"
source_hash: "e6e7727dd029f1071909b40dde18ad895c797a8c2234e33b5985c8044d3991cd"
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 125 (86) — Relating to the online publication of home addresses of certain occupational license holders.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB00125I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **141–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Martinez — primary (person)
- Menéndez — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-11-12** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-12** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-02-27** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-02-27** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-06** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-12** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-03-13** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-03-20** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-03-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-03-20** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-03-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-21** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-21** Record vote
- **2019-03-21** Reported engrossed
- **2019-03-25** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-03-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-27** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-30** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-30** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-02** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-02** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-02** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-06** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-08** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-08** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-08** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-08** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-08** Record vote
- **2019-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-08** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-08** Record vote
- **2019-05-08** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-08** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-09** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-09** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-10** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-21** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-21** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dc0b88bc-23d6-4d33-b3a8-f2b50ef0635e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).