---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the confidentiality of certain information concerning service members of the state military forces."
description: "Relating to the confidentiality of certain information concerning service members of the state military forces."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "HB 4615"
citation: "Texas HB 4615 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Military & Veterans (I0535)", "Open Records (I0548)", "Protection of Personal Information (I0003)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bumgarner", "Hancock"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 46
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2023-03-09"
last_action: "2023-06-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/20ca7061-6639-4202-bde2-29cb6d9123c3"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04600_HB04699/HB 4615.xml"
source_hash: "c20f7d9cec83a96d47527d9ad48bd80a684eb77e012689aecac1a0255df31dd2"
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 4615 (88) — Relating to the confidentiality of certain information concerning service members of the state military forces.

## 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/HB04615I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04615E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04615H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04615S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB04615F.HTM)

## Sponsors

- Bumgarner — primary (person)
- Hancock — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-09** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-22** Referred to Defense & Veterans' Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-03** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-03** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2023-04-03** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-04** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-04-04** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-04-10** Committee report distributed
- **2023-04-12** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-04-17** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-04-20** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-04-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-04-20** Passed to engrossment
- **2023-04-20** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-04-20** Passed `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Record vote
- **2023-04-20** Reported engrossed
- **2023-04-24** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2023-04-24** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-04-24** Referred to Vet Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-09** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-05-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-05-09** 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
- **2023-05-12** Placed on intent calendar
- **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/20ca7061-6639-4202-bde2-29cb6d9123c3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).