---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the confidentiality of personal information of certain employees and contractors of the Department of Family and Protective Services and of certain elected officials."
description: "Relating to the confidentiality of personal information of certain employees and contractors of the Department of Family and Protective Services and of certain elected officials."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 1494"
citation: "Texas SB 1494 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Family--Child Protection (I0351)", "Protection of Personal Information (I0003)", "State Employees (I0626)", "FAMILY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0461)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hinojosa", "Klick", "Miller", "Paxton", "Rose", "Wu"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 58
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2019-03-05"
last_action: "2019-06-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0399d6f2-638a-42a2-98ef-e30d22fd1fe8"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01400_SB01499/SB 1494.xml"
source_hash: "c2471f5a395edc501f0061236fc87c45d4b0a92c19e84ffd8249a510103d1e33"
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 SB 1494 (86) — Relating to the confidentiality of personal information of certain employees and contractors of the Department of Family and Protective Services and of certain elected officials.

## 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/SB01494I.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **127–7** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- Klick — primary (person)
- Miller — primary (person)
- Paxton — primary (person)
- Rose — primary (person)
- Wu — primary (person)
- Alvarado — cosponsor (person)
- Buckingham — cosponsor (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Fallon — cosponsor (person)
- Flores — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Hughes — cosponsor (person)
- Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Lucio — cosponsor (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)
- Nichols — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Powell — cosponsor (person)
- Rodríguez — cosponsor (person)
- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
- Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Watson — cosponsor (person)
- Whitmire — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-05** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-03-05** Filed `filing`
- **2019-03-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-14** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-26** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-26** Left pending in committee
- **2019-03-28** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-01** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-01** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-02** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-03** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-03** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-08** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-11** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-11** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2019-04-11** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-11** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-11** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Record vote
- **2019-04-11** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-15** Referred to Human Services `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-02** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-02** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2019-05-03** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-04** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-06** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-13** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-15** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-15** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-15** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-05-15** Point of order withdrawn (amendment)
- **2019-05-15** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-15** Passed to 3rd reading as amended
- **2019-05-16** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-16** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-16** Record vote
- **2019-05-16** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-16** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-23** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-23** Read
- **2019-05-23** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-10** Effective immediately

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0399d6f2-638a-42a2-98ef-e30d22fd1fe8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).