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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the disclosure of certain contracting information under the public information law."
description: "Relating to the disclosure of certain contracting information under the public information law."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "86"
identifier: "SB 943"
citation: "Texas SB 943 (86)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Open Records (I0548)", "Purchasing--General (I0642)", "Purchasing--State (I0643)", "ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Buckingham", "Canales", "Capriglione", "Hinojosa", "Phelan", "Rodríguez", "Watson", "Wilson", "Zerwas"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 62
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2019-02-21"
last_action: "2019-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74e41b93-7389-4b90-ad31-e6998f986107"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00900_SB00999/SB 943.xml"
source_hash: "df400d62eb69e041b1074637da744fe96d80e4cff536e019e40aae495ac39fcd"
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 943 (86) — Relating to the disclosure of certain contracting 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/86R/billtext/html/SB00943I.HTM)
## Votes
- other — **00** (fail) · upper
- other — **00** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Buckingham — primary (person)
- Canales — primary (person)
- Capriglione — primary (person)
- Hinojosa — primary (person)
- Phelan — primary (person)
- Rodríguez — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)
- Zerwas — primary (person)
- Anchia — cosponsor (person)
- Biedermann — cosponsor (person)
- Blanco — cosponsor (person)
- Cain — cosponsor (person)
- Campbell — cosponsor (person)
- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
- Dean — cosponsor (person)
- Gervin-Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
- Hinojosa — cosponsor (person)
- Klick — cosponsor (person)
- Krause — cosponsor (person)
- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
- Middleton — cosponsor (person)
- Morrison — cosponsor (person)
- Nelson — cosponsor (person)
- Nichols — cosponsor (person)
- Noble — cosponsor (person)
- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
- Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Perry — cosponsor (person)
- Price — cosponsor (person)
- Raney — cosponsor (person)
- Rodriguez — cosponsor (person)
- Sanford — cosponsor (person)
- Schaefer — cosponsor (person)
- Schwertner — cosponsor (person)
- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
- Stephenson — cosponsor (person)
- Stickland — cosponsor (person)
- Toth — cosponsor (person)
- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-21** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2019-02-21** Filed `filing`
- **2019-02-26** Co-author authorized
- **2019-02-27** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-03-01** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Co-author authorized
- **2019-03-26** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-03-26** Testimony taken in committee
- **2019-03-26** Left pending in committee
- **2019-04-02** Considered in public hearing
- **2019-04-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-08** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2019-04-08** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2019-04-09** Co-author authorized
- **2019-04-09** Placed on intent calendar
- **2019-04-10** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2019-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-04-10** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
- **2019-04-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-10** Passed to engrossment as amended
- **2019-04-10** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-04-10** Three day rule suspended
- **2019-04-10** Record vote
- **2019-04-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-04-10** Passed `passage`
- **2019-04-10** Record vote
- **2019-04-10** Reported engrossed
- **2019-04-11** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2019-04-12** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-04-12** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2019-05-06** Considered in formal meeting
- **2019-05-06** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2019-05-06** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-05-10** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2019-05-13** Committee report distributed
- **2019-05-13** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2019-05-15** Considered in Calendars
- **2019-05-17** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2019-05-17** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-17** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2019-05-17** Constitutional three day rule suspended
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2019-05-17** Passed `passage`
- **2019-05-17** Record vote
- **2019-05-17** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2019-05-19** House passage as amended reported
- **2019-05-23** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
- **2019-05-23** Read
- **2019-05-23** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
- **2019-05-23** Record vote
- **2019-05-23** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
- **2019-05-23** Reported enrolled
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the Senate
- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-14** Effective on 1/1/20 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74e41b93-7389-4b90-ad31-e6998f986107`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).