---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the adoption of the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act."
description: "Relating to the adoption of the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 402"
citation: "Texas HB 402 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Legislature (I0520)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions--Admin. Procedure (I0763)", "UNIFORM ELECTRONIC LEGAL MATERIAL ACT (P0659)", "LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL", "TEXAS (V0001)", "STATE LIBRARY & ARCHIVES COMMISSION", "TEXAS (V0027)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Thompson, Senfronia", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 49
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-11-26"
last_action: "2019-05-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b60ca3c5-20c9-46e6-a94c-0e59eadf6a92"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00400_HB00499/HB 402.xml"
source_hash: "42062d1c4bcfac5ee587c3c9c9a2d2a494de80996453584932f05d489993f17c"
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 402 (86) — Relating to the adoption of the Uniform Electronic Legal Material Act.

## 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/HB00402I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **134–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Thompson, Senfronia — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-11-26** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-20** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-20** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-11** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-11** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-18** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-03-27** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-03-27** Committee report distributed
- **2019-03-27** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-02** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-11** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-04-15** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-04-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-15** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-16** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Record vote
- **2019-04-16** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-16** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-04-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-17** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-23** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-04-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-23** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-04-23** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-29** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-29** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-02** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-07** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-10** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-10** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-10** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-10** Record vote
- **2019-05-10** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-10** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-13** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-24** 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/b60ca3c5-20c9-46e6-a94c-0e59eadf6a92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).