---
type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to maintaining the confidentiality of the personal information of election officials and their employees."
description: "Relating to maintaining the confidentiality of the personal information of election officials and their employees."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 1540"
citation: "Texas SB 1540 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Elections--Election Officers (I0305)", "Open Records (I0548)", "Protection of Personal Information (I0003)", "SECRETARY OF STATE (V0042)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bettencourt", "Capriglione"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 79
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-21"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/58c5d24c-cd7b-44b8-b842-19643bd8419b"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB01500_SB01599/SB 1540.xml"
source_hash: "386a008ba3a055dedbcb46b3097d03a8a8f7b5a8448aedc7da33cc7d8e1ed779"
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 1540 (89R) — Relating to maintaining the confidentiality of the personal information of election officials and their employees.

## 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/SB01540I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01540E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01540H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01540S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB01540F.HTM)

## Votes

- passage — **140–0** (pass) · lower
- passage — **128–9** (pass) · upper
- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- passage — **134–1** (pass) · lower
- passage — **128–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bettencourt — primary (person)
- Capriglione — primary (person)
- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-21** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-02-21** Filed `filing`
- **2025-03-06** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-03-06** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-10** Rereferred to committee
- **2025-04-10** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-14** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-14** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-04-14** Left pending in committee
- **2025-04-16** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-16** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-22** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-22** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-22** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-01** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-01** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-01** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-05-01** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-01** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-01** Record vote
- **2025-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-01** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Record vote
- **2025-05-01** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-01** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-02** Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-14** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-14** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-05-14** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-16** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-16** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-21** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-21** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-22** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-23** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-25** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-27** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-27** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-27** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-27** Record vote
- **2025-05-27** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** Rules suspended
- **2025-05-28** Additional sponsor(s) authorized
- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-28** Record vote
- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-28** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
- **2025-05-29** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2025-05-29** Read
- **2025-05-29** Senate refuses to concur
- **2025-05-29** Senate requests conference committee
- **2025-05-29** Senate appoints conferees
- **2025-05-29** Senate refuses to concur-reported
- **2025-05-29** Senate requests conference committee-reported
- **2025-05-29** Senate appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-31** House grants request for conference committee
- **2025-05-31** House appoints conferees
- **2025-05-31** House grants request for conf comm-reported
- **2025-05-31** House appoints conferees-reported
- **2025-05-31** Conference committee report filed `filing`
- **2025-05-31** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
- **2025-05-31** Rules suspended
- **2025-05-31** Record vote
- **2025-05-31** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-31** Record vote
- **2025-05-31** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-06-01** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-01** Record vote
- **2025-06-01** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-06-01** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
- **2025-06-01** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-06-02** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-06-02** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-06-03** 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/58c5d24c-cd7b-44b8-b842-19643bd8419b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).