---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to immunity from liability of a court clerk and county for the disclosure or release of certain court documents and information contained in the court documents."
description: "Relating to immunity from liability of a court clerk and county for the disclosure or release of certain court documents and information contained in the court documents."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 685"
citation: "Texas HB 685 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Courts--Administration (I0130)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ashby", "Clardy", "Hughes", "Lambert", "White"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 53
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-01-08"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84f33614-f1d0-4b9b-a053-996da2c5eb74"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00600_HB00699/HB 685.xml"
source_hash: "a8c9fd486110bb468705ee5581364551abe6f148c677d0f0aed79711659b2907"
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 685 (86) — Relating to immunity from liability of a court clerk and county for the disclosure or release of certain court documents and information contained in the court documents.

## 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/HB00685I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **133–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ashby — primary (person)
- Clardy — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Lambert — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Cyrier — cosponsor (person)
- Darby — cosponsor (person)
- Fierro — cosponsor (person)
- Harris — cosponsor (person)
- Holland — cosponsor (person)
- King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
- King, Phil — cosponsor (person)
- Kuempel — cosponsor (person)
- Lang — cosponsor (person)
- Murr — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-08** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-21** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-04** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-04** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-03-04** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-11** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-11** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-11** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-03-13** Vote reconsidered in committee
- **2019-03-13** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-03-13** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-01** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-02** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-05** Considered in 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** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **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 State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-09** Testimony taken in committee
- **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
- **2019-05-20** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-22** Placed on local & uncontested 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
- **2019-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-28** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84f33614-f1d0-4b9b-a053-996da2c5eb74`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).