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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the assessment of litigation costs and attorney's fees in certain actions under the public information law."
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description: "Relating to the assessment of litigation costs and attorney's fees in certain actions under the public information law."
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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 988"
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citation: "Texas SB 988 (86)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Civil Remedies & Liabilities (I0065)", "Open Records (I0548)", "ATTORNEY'S FEES (S0202)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Capriglione", "Watson"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 45
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2019-02-22"
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last_action: "2019-06-10"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2e393b2-e742-4afc-840a-9cb59deef9d2"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/86R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00900_SB00999/SB 988.xml"
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source_hash: "e88d6e48f0f4e29c002517ce079bb69cda478aea68e003fa0c32a3a0d3da3eb7"
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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 988 (86) — Relating to the assessment of litigation costs and attorney's fees in certain actions under the public information law.
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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://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/86R/billtext/html/SB00988I.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **139–2** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Capriglione — primary (person)
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- Watson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-22** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
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- **2019-02-22** Filed `filing`
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- **2019-03-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-03-01** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2019-03-26** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2019-03-26** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-03-26** Left pending in committee
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- **2019-03-28** Considered in public hearing
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- **2019-04-01** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-04-01** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2019-04-01** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2019-04-02** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2019-04-04** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2019-04-04** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
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- **2019-04-04** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-04-04** Three day rule suspended
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- **2019-04-04** Record vote
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- **2019-04-04** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-04-04** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-04-04** Record vote
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- **2019-04-04** Reported engrossed
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- **2019-04-05** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2019-04-08** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2019-04-08** 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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- **2019-05-17** Considered in Calendars
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- **2019-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2019-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2019-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2019-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2019-05-21** Passed `passage`
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- **2019-05-21** Record vote
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- **2019-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2019-05-21** House passage reported
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- **2019-05-21** Reported enrolled
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- **2019-05-23** Signed in the Senate
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- **2019-05-25** Signed in the House
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- **2019-05-25** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-06-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2019-06-10** 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/d2e393b2-e742-4afc-840a-9cb59deef9d2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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