---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the confidentiality of certain information concerning service members of the United States armed forces and the state military forces."
description: "Relating to the confidentiality of certain information concerning service members of the United States armed forces and the state military forces."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 1351"
citation: "Texas HB 1351 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military & Veterans (I0535)", "Open Records (I0548)", "Protection of Personal Information (I0003)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cortez", "Davis, Yvonne", "Menéndez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 49
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8eb7e6fa-fe66-44ab-ba54-52cb7fa19028"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01300_HB01399/HB 1351.xml"
source_hash: "6759f576802b78beb4869418a3bef88440c542ff9121fb93a96064a409d6f1f4"
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 1351 (86) — Relating to the confidentiality of certain information concerning service members of the United States armed forces and the state military forces.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/HB01351I.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Cortez — primary (person)
- Davis, Yvonne — primary (person)
- Menéndez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-27** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-27** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-15** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-15** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-17** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-17** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-17** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-23** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-24** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-24** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2019-04-30** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2019-05-03** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2019-05-03** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-03** Passed to engrossment
- **2019-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-03** Record vote
- **2019-05-03** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-05** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-07** Referred to Vet Affairs & Border Security `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-15** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-15** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-17** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-17** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-20** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-20** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-20** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-20** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-20** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-20** Record vote
- **2019-05-20** Senate passage reported
- **2019-05-20** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-21** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-21** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-02** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-02** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8eb7e6fa-fe66-44ab-ba54-52cb7fa19028`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).