Bill Commons

TX HB 3516

enacted

Relating to the availability of certain working papers and electronic communications of certain administrative law judges and technical examiners under the public information law.

Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · lower

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Quick answers

Did TX HB 3516 pass?

Yes. TX HB 3516 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX HB 3516 about?

TX HB 3516 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the availability of certain working papers and electronic communications of certain administrative law judges and technical examiners under the public information law.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 3516?

Dyson, Johnson are the primary sponsors of TX HB 3516.

Introduced
2025-03-24
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Dysonprimary
  • Johnsonprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

  2. 2025-06-20

    Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  3. 2025-05-31

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  4. 2025-05-31

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  5. 2025-05-30

    Signed in the House

    passage

  6. 2025-05-30

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-05-29

    Senate passage reported

    passage

  8. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  9. 2025-05-28

    Passed

    passage

  10. 2025-05-28

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  11. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  12. 2025-05-28

    Three day rule suspended

  13. 2025-05-28

    Vote recorded in Journal

  14. 2025-05-28

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    reading-2

  15. 2025-05-28

    Laid before the Senate

    receipt

  16. 2025-05-28

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  17. 2025-05-27

    Placed on intent calendar

  18. 2025-05-25

    Committee report printed and distributed

  19. 2025-05-25

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  20. 2025-05-25

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  21. 2025-05-25

    Vote taken in committee

  22. 2025-05-25

    Considered in public hearing

  23. 2025-05-22

    Left pending in committee

  24. 2025-05-22

    Considered in public hearing

  25. 2025-05-22

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  26. 2025-05-19

    Referred to Business & Commerce

    referral-committee

  27. 2025-05-19

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  28. 2025-04-29

    Received from the House

    introduction

  29. 2025-04-29

    Reported engrossed

  30. 2025-04-29

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  31. 2025-04-29

    Record vote

  32. 2025-04-29

    Passed

    passage

  33. 2025-04-29

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  34. 2025-04-28

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  35. 2025-04-28

    Record vote

  36. 2025-04-28

    Passed to engrossment

  37. 2025-04-28

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  38. 2025-04-25

    Placed on General State Calendar

  39. 2025-04-22

    Considered in Calendars

  40. 2025-04-08

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  41. 2025-04-08

    Committee report distributed

  42. 2025-04-08

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  43. 2025-04-03

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  44. 2025-04-03

    Considered in formal meeting

  45. 2025-03-31

    Left pending in committee

  46. 2025-03-31

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  47. 2025-03-31

    Considered in public hearing

  48. 2025-03-24

    Referred to Energy Resources

    referral-committee

  49. 2025-03-24

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  50. 2025-02-28

    Filed

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-04-28 · pass · 116-24

    Member-level votes (154)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Olcott: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Pierson: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Schatzline: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Anchía: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Davis, Y.: no
    • Garcia, L.: no
    • Garcia Hernandez: no
    • González, J.: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Guerra: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Jones, V.: no
    • Lopez, R.: no
    • Fischer: no
    • Meza: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Morales Shaw: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Romero: no
    • Rose: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Turner: no
    • Walle: no
    • Wu: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Flores: not voting
    • Harris(C): not voting
    • Metcal: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Davis: absent
    • A: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • González: absent
    • M: absent
    • Harless: absent
    • Leo Wilson: absent
    • Manue: absent

  • passage

    2025-04-29 · pass · 117-30

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Schoolcraft: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Slawson: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Tinderholt: yes
    • Toth: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Anchía: no
    • Bowers: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Cole: no
    • Davis, A.: no
    • Dorazio: no
    • Flores: no
    • Garcia Hernandez: no
    • Gates: no
    • Goodwin: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Jones, V.: no
    • Fischer: no
    • Meza: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Morales Shaw: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Oliverson: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Romero: no
    • Rose: no
    • Rosenthal: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Turner: no
    • Ward Johnson: no
    • Wu: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Excused: absent
    • Walle: absent
    • Simmons: absent

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03500_HB03599/HB 3516.xml

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