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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the regulation of the collection, use, processing, and treatment of consumers' personal data by certain business entities; imposing a civil penalty."
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description: "Relating to the regulation of the collection, use, processing, and treatment of consumers' personal data by certain business entities; imposing a civil penalty."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "88"
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identifier: "HB 4"
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citation: "Texas HB 4 (88)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["ATTORNEY GENERAL (V2811)", "BIOMETRIC IDENTIFIERS & VOICEPRINTS (S0449)", "Business & Commerce--General (I0050)", "Business & Commerce--Trade Practices (I0006)", "Consumer Protection (I0080)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "INFORMATION RESOURCES", "DEPARTMENT OF (V9827)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "Protection of Personal Information (I0003)", "TEXAS DATA PRIVACY AND SECURITY ACT (PE56R)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Burrows", "Capriglione", "Hughes", "Longoria", "Meyer"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 86
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vote_count: 10
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first_action: "2023-02-16"
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last_action: "2023-06-18"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6c17fc21-3487-4126-8e65-fb3c49c51f7c"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/88R/billhistory/house_bills/HB00001_HB00099/HB 4.xml"
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source_hash: "809483d776d6620242276ec2ebe43bf71fddd0d131db1ae75ba82245d833853d"
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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 HB 4 (88) — Relating to the regulation of the collection, use, processing, and treatment of consumers' personal data by certain business entities; imposing a civil penalty.
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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/88R/billtext/html/HB00004I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00004E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00004H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00004S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/88R/billtext/html/HB00004F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- adoption of Floor Amendment No. 1 — **0–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
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- adoption of Floor Amendment No. 1 on Third Reading — **0–0** (pass) · upper
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- Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 4 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **30–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage to third reading — **0–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **146–0** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **144–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **144–0** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **30–0** (pass) · upper
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- passage — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Burrows — primary (person)
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- Capriglione — primary (person)
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- Hughes — primary (person)
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- Longoria — primary (person)
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- Meyer — primary (person)
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- Allison — cosponsor (person)
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- Anchía — cosponsor (person)
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- Anderson — cosponsor (person)
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- Ashby — cosponsor (person)
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- Bailes — cosponsor (person)
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- Bell, Cecil — cosponsor (person)
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- Bell, Keith — cosponsor (person)
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- Bettencourt — cosponsor (person)
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- Bonnen — cosponsor (person)
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- Buckley — cosponsor (person)
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- Bucy — cosponsor (person)
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- Bumgarner — cosponsor (person)
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- Burns — cosponsor (person)
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- Cain — cosponsor (person)
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- Canales — cosponsor (person)
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- Clardy — cosponsor (person)
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- Collier — cosponsor (person)
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- Cook — cosponsor (person)
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- Creighton — cosponsor (person)
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- Cunningham — cosponsor (person)
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- Darby — cosponsor (person)
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- Dean — cosponsor (person)
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- Dorazio — cosponsor (person)
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- Flores — cosponsor (person)
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- Frank — cosponsor (person)
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- Frazier — cosponsor (person)
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- Garcia — cosponsor (person)
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- Gates — cosponsor (person)
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- Gerdes — cosponsor (person)
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- Gervin-Hawkins — cosponsor (person)
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- Goldman — cosponsor (person)
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- Harless — cosponsor (person)
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- Harris, Caroline — cosponsor (person)
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- Harris, Cody — cosponsor (person)
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- Harrison — cosponsor (person)
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- Hefner — cosponsor (person)
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- Holland — cosponsor (person)
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- Howard — cosponsor (person)
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- Hull — cosponsor (person)
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- Hunter — cosponsor (person)
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- Isaac — cosponsor (person)
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- Jetton — cosponsor (person)
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- Johnson, Ann — cosponsor (person)
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- Johnson, Julie — cosponsor (person)
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- King, Ken — cosponsor (person)
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- Klick — cosponsor (person)
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- Kolkhorst — cosponsor (person)
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- Kuempel — cosponsor (person)
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- Lalani — cosponsor (person)
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- Lambert — cosponsor (person)
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- Landgraf — cosponsor (person)
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- Leach — cosponsor (person)
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- Lozano — cosponsor (person)
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- Lujan — cosponsor (person)
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- Metcalf — cosponsor (person)
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- Morales Shaw — cosponsor (person)
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- Morales, Christina — cosponsor (person)
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- Morales, Eddie — cosponsor (person)
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- Morrison — cosponsor (person)
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- Murr — cosponsor (person)
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- Noble — cosponsor (person)
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- Oliverson — cosponsor (person)
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- Orr — cosponsor (person)
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- Ortega — cosponsor (person)
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- Parker — cosponsor (person)
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- Patterson — cosponsor (person)
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- Paul — cosponsor (person)
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- Paxton — cosponsor (person)
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- Plesa — cosponsor (person)
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- Price — cosponsor (person)
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- Raney — cosponsor (person)
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- Rogers — cosponsor (person)
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- Schatzline — cosponsor (person)
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- Shaheen — cosponsor (person)
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- Slawson — cosponsor (person)
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- Smith — cosponsor (person)
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- Smithee — cosponsor (person)
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- Spiller — cosponsor (person)
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- Springer — cosponsor (person)
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- Stucky — cosponsor (person)
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- Swanson — cosponsor (person)
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- Tepper — cosponsor (person)
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- Thimesch — cosponsor (person)
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- Toth — cosponsor (person)
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- Troxclair — cosponsor (person)
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- VanDeaver — cosponsor (person)
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- Vasut — cosponsor (person)
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- Vo — cosponsor (person)
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- Walle — cosponsor (person)
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- West — cosponsor (person)
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- Zaffirini — cosponsor (person)
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- Zwiener — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-02-16** Filed `filing`
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- **2023-02-23** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-02-23** Referred to Business & Industry `referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-13** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-03-13** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
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- **2023-03-13** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
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- **2023-03-13** Left pending in committee
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- **2023-03-20** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-03-20** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
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- **2023-03-20** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-03-28** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2023-03-28** Committee report distributed
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- **2023-03-29** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2023-03-29** Considered in Calendars
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- **2023-04-04** Placed on Major State Calendar
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- **2023-04-04** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-04-04** Passed to engrossment
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- **2023-04-04** Record vote
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- **2023-04-05** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-04-05** Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal
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- **2023-04-05** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-04-05** Record vote
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- **2023-04-05** Reported engrossed
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- **2023-04-05** Received from the House `introduction`
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- **2023-05-01** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2023-05-01** Referred to State Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2023-05-02** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2023-05-04** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2023-05-04** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2023-05-04** Considered in public hearing
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- **2023-05-04** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2023-05-04** Vote taken in committee
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- **2023-05-08** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-08** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2023-05-09** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2023-05-09** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2023-05-10** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2023-05-10** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2023-05-10** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2023-05-10** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-05-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-05-10** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-10** Passed to 3rd reading as amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-05-10** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-10** Three day rule suspended
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- **2023-05-10** Record vote
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- **2023-05-10** Again read
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- **2023-05-10** Passed `passage`
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- **2023-05-10** Record vote
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- **2023-05-10** Vote reconsidered
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- **2023-05-10** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2023-05-10** Amendment(s) offered `amendment-introduction`
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- **2023-05-10** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-05-10** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-10** Passed as amended `amendment-passage, passage`
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- **2023-05-10** Record vote
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- **2023-05-10** Senate passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
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- **2023-05-11** Co-sponsor authorized
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- **2023-05-11** Senate Amendments distributed
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- **2023-05-11** Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
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- **2023-05-15** House refuses to concur in Senate amendments
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- **2023-05-15** House requests conference committee
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- **2023-05-15** House appoints conferees
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- **2023-05-15** House refuses to concur-reported
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- **2023-05-15** House requests conference committee-reported
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- **2023-05-15** House appoints conferees-reported
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- **2023-05-17** Senate grants request for conference comm.
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- **2023-05-17** Senate appoints conferees
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- **2023-05-18** Senate grants request for conf comm-reported
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- **2023-05-18** Senate appoints conferees-reported
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- **2023-05-26** Conference committee report filed `filing`
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- **2023-05-26** Conf. Comm. Report distributed
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- **2023-05-27** Senate adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-27** Record vote
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- **2023-05-27** Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported
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- **2023-05-28** House adopts resolution to go outside bounds
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- **2023-05-28** House adopts conference committee report `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2023-05-28** Record vote
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- **2023-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2023-05-28** House adopts conf. comm. report-reported
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- **2023-05-28** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-29** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2023-05-29** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-05-30** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-06-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2023-06-18** See remarks for effective date
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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/6c17fc21-3487-4126-8e65-fb3c49c51f7c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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