---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the public inspection of election records."
description: "Relating to the public inspection of election records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 5180"
citation: "Texas HB 5180 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections--Administration (I0277)", "RECORDS MANAGEMENT (S0205)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bucy", "Hughes", "Wilson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 67
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-03-10"
last_action: "2023-06-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/50c369e4-7817-49fd-92e5-087636ffaffa"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB05100_HB05199/HB 5180.xml"
source_hash: "beb15f04b8415ec983db82cd25edf9a6ecca632c9ad6aa041498464a1ec96e8a"
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 5180 (88) — Relating to the public inspection of election records.

## 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/HB05180I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05180E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05180H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05180S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB05180F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper
- passage — **138–1** (pass) · lower
- passage — **138–1** (pass) · upper
- passage — **19–11** (pass) · upper
- other — **12–19** (fail) · upper
- passage — **133–1** (pass) · lower
- passage — **19–12** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bucy — primary (person)
- Hughes — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)
- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
- Hall — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
- Thimesch — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-24** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-13** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-13** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-13** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-20** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-04-20** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-27** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-28** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-01** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-03** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-06** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-06** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-05-06** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-06** Record vote
- **2023-05-06** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-06** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-08** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-09** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-15** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-05-15** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-17** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-18** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2023-05-18** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-18** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-18** Record vote
- **2023-05-18** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-18** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2023-05-18** Amendment fails of adoption `amendment-failure`
- **2023-05-18** Record vote
- **2023-05-18** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-18** Record vote
- **2023-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-22** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-24** Placed on intent calendar
- **2023-05-24** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-25** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-25** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2023-05-25** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2023-05-26** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2023-05-26** Record vote
- **2023-05-26** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-26** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2023-05-26** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-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`
- **2023-06-13** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-13** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/50c369e4-7817-49fd-92e5-087636ffaffa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).