---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the regulation of the collection, use, processing, and treatment of consumers' personal data by certain business entities; imposing a civil penalty."
description: "Relating to the regulation of the collection, use, processing, and treatment of consumers' personal data by certain business entities; imposing a civil penalty."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 4"
citation: "Texas HB 4 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "BIOMETRIC IDENTIFIERS & VOICEPRINTS (S0449)", "Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "Business & Commerce--Trade Practices (I0006)", "Consumer Protection (I0080)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "INFORMATION RESOURCES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V9827)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "Protection of Personal Information (I0003)", "TEXAS DATA PRIVACY AND SECURITY ACT (PE56R)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Burrows", "Capriglione", "Hughes", "Longoria", "Meyer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 86
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2023-02-16"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c17fc21-3487-4126-8e65-fb3c49c51f7c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 4.xml"
source_hash: "809483d776d6620242276ec2ebe43bf71fddd0d131db1ae75ba82245d833853d"
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 4 (88) — Relating to the regulation of the collection, use, processing, and treatment of consumers' personal data by certain business entities; imposing a civil penalty.

## 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/88R/billtext/html/HB00004I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00004E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00004H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00004S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00004F.HTM)

## Votes

- adoption of Floor Amendment No. 1 — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- adoption of Floor Amendment No. 1 on Third Reading — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 4 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- passage to third reading — **0–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **144–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Burrows — primary (person)
- Capriglione — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Longoria — primary (person)
- Meyer — primary (person)
- Allison — cosponsor (person)
- Anchía — cosponsor (person)
- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
- Bailes — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
- Burns — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Canales — cosponsor (person)
- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
- Collier — cosponsor (person)
- Cook — cosponsor (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
- Darby — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Dorazio — cosponsor (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)
- Frank — cosponsor (person)
- Frazier — cosponsor (person)
- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
- Gates — cosponsor (person)
- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
- Gervin-Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Goldman — cosponsor (person)
- Harless — cosponsor (person)
- Harris, Caroline — cosponsor (person)
- Harris, Cody — cosponsor (person)
- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Holland — cosponsor (person)
- Howard — cosponsor (person)
- Hull — cosponsor (person)
- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
- Jetton — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Ann — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
- King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
- Klick — cosponsor (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Kuempel — cosponsor (person)
- Lalani — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
- Leach — cosponsor (person)
- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Christina — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Murr — cosponsor (person)
- Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
- Orr — cosponsor (person)
- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Paul — cosponsor (person)
- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
- Price — cosponsor (person)
- Raney — cosponsor (person)
- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Schatzline — cosponsor (person)
- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
- Smith — cosponsor (person)
- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
- Springer — cosponsor (person)
- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
- Tepper — cosponsor (person)
- Thimesch — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- Troxclair — cosponsor (person)
- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
- Vo — cosponsor (person)
- Walle — cosponsor (person)
- West — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-02-16** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-23** Referred to Business & Industry `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-13** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-13** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-13** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-20** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-03-28** Committee report distributed
- **2023-03-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-03-29** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-04** Placed on Major State Calendar
- **2023-04-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-04** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-04** Record vote
- **2023-04-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-05** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-05** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Record vote
- **2023-04-05** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-05** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-01** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-02** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-04** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-04** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-04** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-04** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-09** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-09** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-10** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-10** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-10** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-10** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-10** Record vote
- **2023-05-10** Again read
- **2023-05-10** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-10** Record vote
- **2023-05-10** Vote reconsidered
- **2023-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-10** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-10** Passed as amended `amendment-passage, passage`
- **2023-05-10** Record vote
- **2023-05-10** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-11** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-11** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2023-05-11** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2023-05-15** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
- **2023-05-15** House requests conference committee
- **2023-05-15** House appoints conferees
- **2023-05-15** House refuses to concur-reported
- **2023-05-15** House requests conference committee-reported
- **2023-05-15** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2023-05-17** Senate grants request for conference comm.
- **2023-05-17** Senate appoints conferees
- **2023-05-18** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2023-05-18** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2023-05-26** Conference committee report filed `filing`
- **2023-05-26** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2023-05-27** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-27** Record vote
- **2023-05-27** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2023-05-28** House adopts resolution to go outside bounds
- **2023-05-28** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-28** Record vote
- **2023-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-28** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2023-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-18** See remarks for effective date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6c17fc21-3487-4126-8e65-fb3c49c51f7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).