---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to consent for the use or possession of personal identifying information under the Identity Theft Enforcement and Protection Act."
description: "Relating to consent for the use or possession of personal identifying information under the Identity Theft Enforcement and Protection Act."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 3529"
citation: "Texas HB 3529 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "IDENTITY THEFT (S0558)", "INFORMED CONSENT (S0057)", "Protection of Personal Information (I0003)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Meyer", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-10"
last_action: "2021-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7d45963a-d5de-47dd-9ce6-43ef49547190"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03500_HB03599/HB 3529.xml"
source_hash: "c20a814f93b5cf73a489ec435a3b0d2cb84643d892b94644472d12c66a7beb52"
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 3529 (87) — Relating to consent for the use or possession of personal identifying information under the Identity Theft Enforcement and Protection Act.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03529I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03529E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03529H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03529S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03529F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Meyer — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** Referred to Business & Industry `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-06** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-06** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-14** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-14** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-04-20** Committee report distributed
- **2021-04-20** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-04-23** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-04-26** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-04-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-04-26** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-27** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-27** Record vote
- **2021-04-27** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-27** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-03** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-10** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-12** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-13** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-13** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-13** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-13** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-13** Record vote
- **2021-05-13** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-13** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-13** Record vote
- **2021-05-13** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-13** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-14** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-14** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-14** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-26** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-26** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7d45963a-d5de-47dd-9ce6-43ef49547190`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).