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type: "Bill"
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title: "Relating to the establishment and use of a written electronic communications system accessible to the public by certain municipal entities."
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description: "Relating to the establishment and use of a written electronic communications system accessible to the public by certain municipal entities."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "89R"
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identifier: "SB 710"
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citation: "Texas SB 710 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["City Government--Land Use & Zoning (I0064)", "EMAIL & ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS (S0321)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "INTERNET (S0130)", "Open Meetings (I0546)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bucy", "Eckhardt"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 57
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-06"
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last_action: "2025-06-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ecb2451e-9e27-4308-a1df-3f3a0a7bbede"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 710.xml"
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source_hash: "3aaef26d9764d7c3e5a8e6da338420bab4025c73ca0e9ad098a3925ee5c5be30"
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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 710 (89R) — Relating to the establishment and use of a written electronic communications system accessible to the public by certain municipal entities.
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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/89R/billtext/html/SB00710I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00710E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00710H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00710S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00710F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **117–24** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **31–0** (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 SB 710 be placed on its third reading and final passage. — **30–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Bucy — primary (person)
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- Eckhardt — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-06** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-06** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-02-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-02-07** Referred to Business & Commerce `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-12** Rereferred to committee
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- **2025-02-12** Referred to Local Government `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-17** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-03-17** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-03-17** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2025-03-17** Left pending in committee
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- **2025-03-20** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-03-20** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-03-24** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-03-24** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-03-24** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-03-25** Placed on intent calendar
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- **2025-03-27** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
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- **2025-03-27** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-27** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-03-27** Three day rule suspended
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- **2025-03-27** Record vote
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- **2025-03-27** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-03-27** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-03-27** Record vote
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- **2025-03-27** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-03-31** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2025-04-09** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-04-09** Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-21** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2025-05-21** Committee substitute considered in committee `substitution`
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- **2025-05-21** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-21** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-24** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-05-24** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-05-25** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
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- **2025-05-27** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
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- **2025-05-28** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
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- **2025-05-28** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-28** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2025-05-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-28** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-28** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-28** Record vote
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- **2025-05-28** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-28** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-29** House passage as amended reported `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-05-30** House amendment(s) laid before the Senate
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- **2025-05-30** Read
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- **2025-05-30** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)
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- **2025-05-30** Record vote
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- **2025-05-31** Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported
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- **2025-05-31** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-31** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-06-01** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-06-01** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `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/ecb2451e-9e27-4308-a1df-3f3a0a7bbede`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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