---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to personal information that may be omitted from certain records, licenses, and reports and to other court security measures."
description: "Relating to personal information that may be omitted from certain records, licenses, and reports and to other court security measures."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 489"
citation: "Texas SB 489 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government--Employees/Officers (I0095)", "Courts--General (I0160)", "Courts--Judges (I0140)", "Mines & Mineral Resources (I0536)", "Property Interests--Real Property (I0595)", "Protection of Personal Information (I0003)", "MECHANICS' LIENS (S0884)", "COURT ADMINISTRATION", "OFFICE OF (V8690)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Smithee", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 56
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cca048ab-7141-437b-ae34-ae0c9086d1b2"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00400_SB00499/SB 489.xml"
source_hash: "641ce7bf747ad6d7d50efee9b2ebdd64c7412302e2084dd5fb6b1e71d3bfb6b7"
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 SB 489 (86) — Relating to personal information that may be omitted from certain records, licenses, and reports and to other court security measures.

## 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/SB00489I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **143–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **143–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Smithee — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-01-28** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-14** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-28** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-02-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-02-28** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-02-28** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-11** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-11** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-03-11** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-03-12** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-03-18** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-03-18** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-03-18** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-03-18** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-03-18** Record vote
- **2019-03-18** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-03-18** Passed `passage`
- **2019-03-18** Record vote
- **2019-03-18** Reported engrossed
- **2019-03-19** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-03-28** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-28** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-16** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-04-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-01** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-01** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-21** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-21** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-22** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Vote reconsidered
- **2019-05-22** Vote reconsidered
- **2019-05-22** Amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2019-05-22** Amendment adopted as amended
- **2019-05-22** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-24** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-24** Read
- **2019-05-24** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** Record vote
- **2019-05-24** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-07** 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/cca048ab-7141-437b-ae34-ae0c9086d1b2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).