---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the availability of personal information of individuals who are honorably retired from certain law enforcement positions."
description: "Relating to the availability of personal information of individuals who are honorably retired from certain law enforcement positions."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 841"
citation: "Texas SB 841 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Fire Fighters & Police--General (I0370)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "Open Records (I0548)", "Protection of Personal Information (I0003)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Schaefer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-02-26"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2be8a3a1-f540-4205-8dd5-ae014f949497"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00800_SB00899/SB 841.xml"
source_hash: "2350887cad6fd6207ba8dcdac605c9f4b372c7adb17db96bcae1154bc3c3650d"
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 841 (87) — Relating to the availability of personal information of individuals who are honorably retired from certain law enforcement positions.

## 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/SB00841I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00841E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00841H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00841S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/pdf/SB00841F.PDF)

## Sponsors

- Hughes — primary (person)
- Schaefer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-26** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2021-02-26** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-11** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-11** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-31** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-03-31** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-04-01** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-01** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-19** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-19** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-19** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-19** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-19** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-19** Record vote
- **2021-04-19** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-19** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-19** Record vote
- **2021-04-19** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-20** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-21** Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-05** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-05-05** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-05** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-17** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-18** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-23** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-26** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-26** Withdrawn from calendar (contested)
- **2021-05-26** Objections withdrawn
- **2021-05-26** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-26** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-26** Constitutional three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** House passage reported
- **2021-05-28** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-30** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the House
- **2021-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-14** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2be8a3a1-f540-4205-8dd5-ae014f949497`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).