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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the availability of personal information of a current or former federal prosecutor or public defender."
description: "Relating to the availability of personal information of a current or former federal prosecutor or public defender."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "SB 56"
citation: "Texas SB 56 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Courts--Prosecuting Attorneys (I0165)", "Criminal Procedure--Defense Counsel (I0207)", "Lawyers (I0515)", "Protection of Personal Information (I0003)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Collier", "Zaffirini"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 41
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2020-11-09"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c52e2dca-0013-4e5d-ac4b-5e027b34c61d"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00001_SB00099/SB 56.xml"
source_hash: "fb838131660b3844d9bf630792a2580861c18a5da468dd2ed9a60f53fcb688f0"
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 56 (87) — Relating to the availability of personal information of a current or former federal prosecutor or public defender.
## 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/87R/billtext/html/SB00056I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00056E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00056H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00056S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/SB00056F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **1460** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Collier — primary (person)
- Zaffirini — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2020-11-09** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing`
- **2020-11-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-03** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-03-31** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-01** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-01** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-01** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-04-09** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-04-09** Laid before the Senate
- **2021-04-09** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
- **2021-04-09** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-04-09** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-04-09** Record vote
- **2021-04-09** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-04-09** Passed `passage`
- **2021-04-09** Record vote
- **2021-04-09** Reported engrossed
- **2021-04-12** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2021-04-15** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-04-15** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-29** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage`
- **2021-05-17** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-17** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-18** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2021-05-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2021-05-23** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2021-05-23** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-23** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-24** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-24** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-24** Record vote
- **2021-05-24** House passage reported
- **2021-05-24** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-26** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-26** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-26** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-14** Effective immediately `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c52e2dca-0013-4e5d-ac4b-5e027b34c61d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).