---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to expanding access to the protective order registry and the inclusion of certain information regarding a person who is the subject of a protective order in that registry."
description: "Relating to expanding access to the protective order registry and the inclusion of certain information regarding a person who is the subject of a protective order in that registry."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 3698"
citation: "Texas HB 3698 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts--Administration (I0130)", "Courts--General (I0160)", "Crimes--Against Persons--General (I0170)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "MAGISTRATES (S1592)", "PROTECTIVE ORDERS (S0495)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Landgraf", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 45
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-06"
last_action: "2023-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0eeb6bd7-c989-4016-808f-00aade031fb6"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03600_HB03699/HB 3698.xml"
source_hash: "5be018e3b1ec1ed9db6b8a4794db1ef42ccb1c68a986c3878cf63c033690f5a8"
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 3698 (88) — Relating to expanding access to the protective order registry and the inclusion of certain information regarding a person who is the subject of a protective order in that registry.

## 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/HB03698I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03698E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03698H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03698S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB03698F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Landgraf — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-06** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-16** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-16** Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-29** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-03-29** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-03-29** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-03** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-03** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-11** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-11** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-12** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2023-04-17** Considered in Calendars
- **2023-04-19** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2023-04-19** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-19** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-04-20** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-24** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-04** Referred to Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-10** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-10** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-10** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-05-10** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-10** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-10** 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 reported `passage`
- **2023-05-18** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-19** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-21** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-11** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-11** Effective on 9/1/23 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0eeb6bd7-c989-4016-808f-00aade031fb6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).