---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to an exception from required disclosure under the public information law for certain personal information obtained by certain flood control districts."
description: "Relating to an exception from required disclosure under the public information law for certain personal information obtained by certain flood control districts."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 3913"
citation: "Texas HB 3913 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Open Records (I0548)", "Protection of Personal Information (I0003)", "Special Districts & Authorities--Water & Utility (I0755)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alvarado", "Huberty"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-07"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/41c7f646-e6a9-4b97-a8bc-d2a510fcb289"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03900_HB03999/HB 3913.xml"
source_hash: "1d836d78dd4cbd868f132301f4c17966880c574303bb37ed37cacf786f770b6e"
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 3913 (86) — Relating to an exception from required disclosure under the public information law for certain personal information obtained by certain flood control districts.

## 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/HB03913I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alvarado — primary (person)
- Huberty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-07** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-21** Referred to Natural Resources `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-02** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-02** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-09** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-15** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-16** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-18** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-23** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-23** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-24** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Record vote
- **2019-04-24** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-24** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-25** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-07** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-07** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-07** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-07** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-14** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-15** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-16** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-16** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-16** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-16** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-16** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-16** Record vote
- **2019-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-16** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-16** Record vote
- **2019-05-16** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-16** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-17** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-17** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-29** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** 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/41c7f646-e6a9-4b97-a8bc-d2a510fcb289`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).