---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the authority of a governmental body impacted by a catastrophe to temporarily suspend the requirements of the public information law."
description: "Relating to the authority of a governmental body impacted by a catastrophe to temporarily suspend the requirements of the public information law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 1225"
citation: "Texas SB 1225 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "Disaster Preparedness & Relief (I0211)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "Open Meetings (I0546)", "Open Records (I0548)", "PUBLIC NOTICE (S0264)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Canales", "Huffman", "Paddie", "Raymond"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-03-09"
last_action: "2021-05-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2111bf01-6e04-4ea7-94b2-197d7bc22ee1"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01200_SB01299/SB 1225.xml"
source_hash: "8447fa14b1fdd7a82e40e9620d0a9e84c4711a9832ed7cef709469dc50b58fec"
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 1225 (87) — Relating to the authority of a governmental body impacted by a catastrophe to temporarily suspend the requirements of the public information law.

## 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/SB01225I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01225E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01225H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01225S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB01225F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **141–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Canales — primary (person)
- Huffman — primary (person)
- Paddie — primary (person)
- Raymond — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-03-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-03-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-18** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-18** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-04-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-20** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-20** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-23** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-29** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-29** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-29** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-29** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-29** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-29** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Record vote
- **2021-04-29** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-29** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-05-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-03** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-06** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-06** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-08** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-10** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-10** Laid out in lieu of companion
- **2021-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-10** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-10** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-11** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-11** Record vote
- **2021-05-11** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-18** House passage reported
- **2021-05-18** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-19** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-19** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-19** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-28** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-28** 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/2111bf01-6e04-4ea7-94b2-197d7bc22ee1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).