---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to notice of a meeting held under the open meetings law."
description: "Relating to notice of a meeting held under the open meetings law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 1522"
citation: "Texas HB 1522 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["City Government--Finance (I0062)", "City Government--General (I0060)", "Open Meetings (I0546)", "PUBLIC NOTICE (S0264)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gerdes", "Kolkhorst"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 59
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2024-12-04"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/72dfcdfa-b0b4-4c06-9ccd-e2f0a923e584"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB01500_HB01599/HB 1522.xml"
source_hash: "9c7b956b05dc494289cf338a8eddb219c4d0d469ec89e0e807c073cd9eda6b89"
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 1522 (89R) — Relating to notice of a meeting held under the open meetings law.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB01522I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01522E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01522H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01522S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB01522F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **148–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **132–2** (pass) · upper
- passage — **132–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gerdes — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
- Davis, Aicha — cosponsor (person)
- Hayes — cosponsor (person)
- Kerwin — cosponsor (person)
- LaHood — cosponsor (person)
- Lopez, Janie — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
- Morgan — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-12-04** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-12** Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-19** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-03-19** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-20** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-03-20** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-03-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-25** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-03-25** Committee report distributed
- **2025-03-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-01** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-04-08** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-04-08** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-08** Passed to engrossment as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-08** Record vote
- **2025-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-09** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-09** Record vote
- **2025-04-09** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-09** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-09** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-04-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-14** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-13** Co-sponsor authorized
- **2025-05-13** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-13** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-13** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-15** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-15** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-15** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-15** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-15** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-25** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-25** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-25** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-25** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-25** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-25** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-25** Record vote
- **2025-05-25** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-25** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2025-05-25** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2025-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2025-05-28** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2025-05-29** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-30** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/72dfcdfa-b0b4-4c06-9ccd-e2f0a923e584`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).