---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the confidentiality of certain home address information in ad valorem tax appraisal records."
description: "Relating to the confidentiality of certain home address information in ad valorem tax appraisal records."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 617"
citation: "Texas SB 617 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BORDER PATROL AGENTS (S0472)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "Open Records (I0548)", "Protection of Personal Information (I0003)", "Taxation--Property-Appraisals & Appraisal Districts (I0792)", "Taxation--Property-Miscellaneous (I0797)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blanco", "González, Mary", "Guillen", "Gámez", "Lopez, Janie", "VanDeaver"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-01-26"
last_action: "2023-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9f978783-a8dd-4fef-82b4-2959cd6b6b9b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00600_SB00699/SB 617.xml"
source_hash: "4da2313c05166db147f6d67ea697f887f9835d84e6d8e305ac512ee9d4185f2d"
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 617 (88) — Relating to the confidentiality of certain home address information in ad valorem tax appraisal 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/SB00617I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00617E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00617H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00617S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB00617F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Blanco — primary (person)
- González, Mary — primary (person)
- Guillen — primary (person)
- Gámez — primary (person)
- Lopez, Janie — primary (person)
- VanDeaver — primary (person)
- Birdwell — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
- Slawson — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-26** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-01-26** Filed `filing`
- **2023-02-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-02-17** Referred to Border Security `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-03-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-16** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-03-16** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-20** Co-author authorized
- **2023-03-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-23** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-03-29** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-03-29** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-03-29** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-03-30** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-03** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-04-03** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-04-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-03** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-04-03** Record vote
- **2023-04-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-03** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-03** Record vote
- **2023-04-03** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-03** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-12** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-27** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-27** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-01** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-01** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-02** 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 3rd reading
- **2023-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-06** Record vote
- **2023-05-08** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-08** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-09** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-09** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-19** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-19** 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/9f978783-a8dd-4fef-82b4-2959cd6b6b9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).