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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to certain procedures applicable to meetings under the open meetings law and the disclosure of public information under the public information law in the event of an emergency, urgent public necessity, or catastrophic event."
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description: "Relating to certain procedures applicable to meetings under the open meetings law and the disclosure of public information under the public information law in the event of an emergency, urgent public necessity, or catastrophic event."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "86"
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identifier: "SB 494"
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citation: "Texas SB 494 (86)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "Open Meetings (I0546)", "Open Records (I0548)", "State Agencies", "Boards & Commissions (I0749)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "PUBLIC NOTICE (S0264)", "ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Huffman", "Walle"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 47
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-01-28"
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last_action: "2019-06-05"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/55018644-193e-453e-bffe-d093e1171d14"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00400_SB00499/SB 494.xml"
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source_hash: "1d08be25a5d3aa0b2cd304fd8a85c897874b14fd46fdb124790133c90162b6f2"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas SB 494 (86) — Relating to certain procedures applicable to meetings under the open meetings law and the disclosure of public information under the public information law in the event of an emergency, urgent public necessity, or catastrophic event.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/SB00494I.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Huffman — primary (person)
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- Walle — primary (person)
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- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-28** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
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- **2019-01-28** Filed `filing`
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- **2019-02-14** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-02-14** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-02** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2019-04-02** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-04-02** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2019-04-02** Left pending in committee
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- **2019-04-04** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-04-09** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-09** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2019-04-09** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2019-04-17** Co-author authorized
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- **2019-04-17** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2019-04-17** Laid before the Senate
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- **2019-04-17** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
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- **2019-04-17** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-04-17** Three day rule suspended
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- **2019-04-17** Record vote
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- **2019-04-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-04-17** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-04-17** Record vote
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- **2019-04-17** Reported engrossed
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- **2019-04-18** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2019-04-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-04-23** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2019-04-25** Scheduled for formal meeting on . . .
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- **2019-04-25** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2019-04-25** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
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- **2019-04-30** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
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- **2019-04-30** Committee report distributed
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- **2019-05-01** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2019-05-14** Considered in Calendars
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- **2019-05-16** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2019-05-16** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-05-16** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-05-17** Record vote
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- **2019-05-17** House passage reported
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- **2019-05-17** Reported enrolled
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- **2019-05-20** Signed in the Senate
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- **2019-05-21** Signed in the House
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- **2019-05-21** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-06-05** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-06-05** Effective on 9/1/19 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/55018644-193e-453e-bffe-d093e1171d14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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