---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the authority of certain county and district clerks to obtain and retain information that identifies a person filing a document or requesting services."
description: "Relating to the authority of certain county and district clerks to obtain and retain information that identifies a person filing a document or requesting services."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 1195"
citation: "Texas HB 1195 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government--Employees/Officers (I0095)", "IDENTIFICATION CARDS (S0074)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hall", "Holland"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 54
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2023-01-05"
last_action: "2023-06-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4136fecc-75e5-4d06-9a69-64b0703952bb"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01100_HB01199/HB 1195.xml"
source_hash: "a14af7b9e9428746e58d8b4b7ba8f36971d6c13e95fcdcec99d734e51bda245d"
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 1195 (88) — Relating to the authority of certain county and district clerks to obtain and retain information that identifies a person filing a document or requesting services.

## 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/HB01195I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01195E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01195H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01195S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB01195F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **140–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **145–1** (pass) · lower
- passage — **140–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hall — primary (person)
- Holland — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-05** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-02** Referred to County Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-15** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-15** Left pending in committee
- **2023-03-30** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-03-30** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2023-03-30** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-30** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-11** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-12** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-04-17** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-04-20** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-20** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-20** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-24** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-24** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-09** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-11** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-11** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-11** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-17** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-17** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2023-05-17** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-17** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-17** Record vote
- **2023-05-17** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2023-05-17** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2023-05-17** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2023-05-19** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2023-05-19** Record vote
- **2023-05-19** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-19** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2023-05-19** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2023-05-20** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-23** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-09** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-09** 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/4136fecc-75e5-4d06-9a69-64b0703952bb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).