---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the registration of and certain other requirements relating to data brokers; providing a civil penalty and authorizing a fee."
description: "Relating to the registration of and certain other requirements relating to data brokers; providing a civil penalty and authorizing a fee."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "88"
identifier: "SB 2105"
citation: "Texas SB 2105 (88)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BIOMETRIC IDENTIFIERS & VOICEPRINTS (S0449)", "Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "Business & Commerce--Trade Practices (I0006)", "Consumer Protection (I0080)", "EMAIL & ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS (S0321)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "Protection of Personal Information (I0003)", "SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holland", "Johnson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 51
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-03-09"
last_action: "2023-06-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a9ba2c9e-bb65-4eea-b411-9a51f3c75c26"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02100_SB02199/SB 2105.xml"
source_hash: "7a77e8a9c0a73817b8d299aa5e43346b7063d106cdb955982e5381b70f31ac54"
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 2105 (88) — Relating to the registration of and certain other requirements relating to data brokers; providing a civil penalty and authorizing a fee.

## 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/SB02105I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02105E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02105H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02105S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/SB02105F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **117–21** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Holland — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
- Menéndez — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-03-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2023-03-09** Filed `filing`
- **2023-03-21** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-03-21** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2023-04-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-18** Testimony taken in committee
- **2023-04-18** Left pending in committee
- **2023-04-19** Co-author authorized
- **2023-04-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2023-04-25** Vote taken in committee
- **2023-04-28** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-28** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-04-28** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2023-05-01** Co-author authorized
- **2023-05-03** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2023-05-03** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2023-05-03** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2023-05-03** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-03** Three day rule suspended
- **2023-05-03** Record vote
- **2023-05-03** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-03** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Record vote
- **2023-05-03** Reported engrossed
- **2023-05-04** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2023-05-04** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2023-05-04** Referred to Business & Industry `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-17** Considered in formal meeting
- **2023-05-17** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2023-05-17** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-05-20** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2023-05-20** Committee report distributed
- **2023-05-22** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2023-05-23** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2023-05-24** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2023-05-24** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2023-05-24** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2023-05-24** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2023-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2023-05-24** Record vote
- **2023-05-24** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-24** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2023-05-25** House passage reported `passage`
- **2023-05-27** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2023-05-28** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2023-05-29** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-06-18** 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/a9ba2c9e-bb65-4eea-b411-9a51f3c75c26`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).