---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the privacy of personal identifying information and the creation of the Texas Privacy Protection Advisory Council."
description: "Relating to the privacy of personal identifying information and the creation of the Texas Privacy Protection Advisory Council."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "HB 4390"
citation: "Texas HB 4390 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Governor (I0375)", "Protection of Personal Information (I0003)", "TEXAS PRIVACY PROTECTION ACT (P0744)", "BIOMETRIC IDENTIFIERS & VOICEPRINTS (S0449)", "LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR (S0096)", "SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE (S0306)", "ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "INFORMATION RESOURCES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V9827)", "PRIVACY PROTECTION ADVISORY COUNCIL", "TEXAS (V1251)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Capriglione", "Collier", "Martinez Fischer", "Nelson", "Rodriguez"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 65
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2019-03-08"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8b884b87-3c06-4158-b5d0-0991c5d23e0b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04300_HB04399/HB 4390.xml"
source_hash: "ad676de485246a09f7d14ca78f51d6e68f2dba928210386744cff0b282fb0bbb"
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 4390 (86) — Relating to the privacy of personal identifying information and the creation of the Texas Privacy Protection Advisory Council.

## 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/HB04390I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **146–1** (pass) · lower
- passage — **138–3** (pass) · lower
- other — **138–3** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Capriglione — primary (person)
- Collier — primary (person)
- Martinez Fischer — primary (person)
- Nelson — primary (person)
- Rodriguez — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-08** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-25** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-25** Referred to Business & Industry `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-02** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2019-04-02** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-18** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-04-18** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-04-18** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-04-25** Committee report distributed
- **2019-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-04-30** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-02** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-06** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-06** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-06** Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
- **2019-05-06** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-06** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-05-07** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-07** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-07** Passed as amended `passage`
- **2019-05-07** Record vote
- **2019-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-07** Vote reconsidered
- **2019-05-07** Vote reconsidered
- **2019-05-07** Amendment withdrawn `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-05-07** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-07** Record vote
- **2019-05-07** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-07** Reported engrossed
- **2019-05-08** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2019-05-10** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-05-10** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-16** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-05-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-16** Left pending in committee
- **2019-05-17** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-05-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-05-21** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2019-05-22** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-22** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-22** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-22** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-22** Record vote
- **2019-05-22** Senate passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments distributed
- **2019-05-22** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** Record vote
- **2019-05-24** Text of Senate Amendment(s)
- **2019-05-24** House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-25** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-27** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** See remarks for effective date

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8b884b87-3c06-4158-b5d0-0991c5d23e0b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).