---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to public access to the mailing address and electronic mail address designated by a governmental body to receive a request for public information under the public information law."
description: "Relating to public access to the mailing address and electronic mail address designated by a governmental body to receive a request for public information under the public information law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "HB 4214"
citation: "Texas HB 4214 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "City Government--General (I0060)", "County Government--General (I0096)", "EMAIL & ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS (S0321)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Open Records (I0548)", "Political Subdivisions (I0588)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Curry", "Middleton"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-03-10"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84f03e93-3fa2-4f7e-9330-7044b49d8219"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB04200_HB04299/HB 4214.xml"
source_hash: "cd4ed328d089483544a93b1e03c75752bdf30c86ee57524de572267f3fadba2d"
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 4214 (89R) — Relating to public access to the mailing address and electronic mail address designated by a governmental body to receive a request for public information under the public information law.

## 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/89R/billtext/html/HB04214I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04214E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04214H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04214S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/HB04214F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **147–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Curry — primary (person)
- Middleton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-03-10** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-31** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-31** Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-09** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-09** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-17** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-04-17** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
- **2025-04-17** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-04-24** Committee report distributed
- **2025-04-25** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-04-30** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-02** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-05** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-05** Passed to engrossment
- **2025-05-06** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-06** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Record vote
- **2025-05-06** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-06** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-06** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2025-05-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-07** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-23** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-05-23** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-23** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-05-23** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-25** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-25** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-05-25** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-25** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-25** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-28** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-28** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading `reading-2`
- **2025-05-28** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-29** Senate passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-30** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-30** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective immediately `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/84f03e93-3fa2-4f7e-9330-7044b49d8219`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).