---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to requiring the Department of Public Safety to share data for the purpose of maintaining the statewide voter registration list."
description: "Relating to requiring the Department of Public Safety to share data for the purpose of maintaining the statewide voter registration list."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1470"
citation: "Texas SB 1470 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections--Administration (I0277)", "Elections--Registration & Suffrage (I0265)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "IDENTIFICATION CARDS (S0074)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "PUBLIC SAFETY", "DEPARTMENT OF (V0251)", "SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hughes", "Shaheen"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 52
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-20"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/353fb9dd-45ee-463d-bb24-6ec6755aefab"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01400_SB01499/SB 1470.xml"
source_hash: "ebc31e55f88cd6143d03d08ab5d81fbfa59afb7c827a8f57e9e807da2ff0eb80"
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 1470 (89R) — Relating to requiring the Department of Public Safety to share data for the purpose of maintaining the statewide voter registration list.

## 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/SB01470I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01470E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01470H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01470S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01470F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **20–10** (pass) · upper
- passage — **118–19** (pass) · lower
- passage — **108–28** (pass) · lower
- passage — **21–9** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hughes — primary (person)
- Shaheen — primary (person)
- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-20** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-02-20** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-06** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-20** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-03-20** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-20** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-03-20** Left pending in committee
- **2025-03-24** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-03-24** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-03-26** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-26** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-04-07** Placed on intent calendar
- **2025-04-09** Co-author authorized
- **2025-04-09** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-04-09** Record vote
- **2025-04-09** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-04-09** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Record vote
- **2025-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2025-04-14** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-04-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-22** Referred to Elections `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-30** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-30** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-04-30** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-01** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-01** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-05** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-05** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-05** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-19** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-21** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-22** Record vote
- **2025-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-23** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-23** Record vote
- **2025-05-23** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-23** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-23** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/353fb9dd-45ee-463d-bb24-6ec6755aefab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).