---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the availability of certain working papers and electronic communications of certain administrative law judges and technical examiners under the public information law."
description: "Relating to the availability of certain working papers and electronic communications of certain administrative law judges and technical examiners under the public information law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 3516"
citation: "Texas HB 3516 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts--Judges (I0140)", "EMAIL & ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS (S0321)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Open Records (I0548)", "RAILROAD COMMISSION (V0089)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions--Admin. Procedure (I0763)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dyson", "Johnson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 50
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-28"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2baa51e6-f2b6-4eda-b2cb-4dd7ab606b3a"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03500_HB03599/HB 3516.xml"
source_hash: "e678deb50649c56048fd7128fd09dfd68226c91a627e1d462a16b77aece27786"
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 3516 (89R) — Relating to the availability of certain working papers and electronic communications of certain administrative law judges and technical examiners under the public information 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/HB03516I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03516E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03516H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03516S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB03516F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **116–24** (pass) · lower
- passage — **117–30** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dyson — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-28** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-24** Referred to Energy Resources `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-31** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-31** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-03-31** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-03** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-03** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-08** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-08** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-08** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-22** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-04-25** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-04-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-04-28** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-04-28** Record vote
- **2025-04-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-29** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-29** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-29** Record vote
- **2025-04-29** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-04-29** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-29** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-19** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-19** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-22** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-25** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-25** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-25** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-25** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-27** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-05-28** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-28** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-28** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-29** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-30** 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/2baa51e6-f2b6-4eda-b2cb-4dd7ab606b3a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).