---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to liability for disclosing certain information regarding sexual misconduct by an employee, volunteer, or independent contractor of a charitable organization."
description: "Relating to liability for disclosing certain information regarding sexual misconduct by an employee, volunteer, or independent contractor of a charitable organization."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 4345"
citation: "Texas HB 4345 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Charitable & Nonprofit Organizations (I0055)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Crimes--Against Persons--Sexual (I0171)", "SEXUAL ABUSE (S9791)", "SEXUAL MISCONDUCT (S0160)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Flynn", "Gervin-Hawkins", "Huffman", "Krause", "Rodriguez", "Sanford"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 49
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-08"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0bc9b4e-78c0-40f9-9795-d1e0db67e239"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04300_HB04399/HB 4345.xml"
source_hash: "e8193eff95fd31f69ff9a990c9abc0ab8192294dcabb40be706b7ee9235e8963"
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 4345 (86) — Relating to liability for disclosing certain information regarding sexual misconduct by an employee, volunteer, or independent contractor of a charitable organization.

## 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/HB04345I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **141–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Flynn — primary (person)
- Gervin-Hawkins — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Krause — primary (person)
- Rodriguez — primary (person)
- Sanford — primary (person)
- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
- Capriglione — cosponsor (person)
- Goldman — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
- Pacheco — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Thompson, Ed — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- Wray — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-08** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-25** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-01** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-01** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-01** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-01** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-03** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-03** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-03** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-18** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-18** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-03** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-06** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-07** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-07** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-05-08** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-08** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-08** Record vote
- **2019-05-08** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-08** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-08** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-10** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-16** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-05-16** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-16** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-16** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-24** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0bc9b4e-78c0-40f9-9795-d1e0db67e239`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).