Bill Commons

TX HB 5081

enacted

Relating to the protection of personal identifying information of certain individuals in the judicial system; creating a criminal offense.

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

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Quick answers

Did TX HB 5081 pass?

Yes. TX HB 5081 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX HB 5081 about?

TX HB 5081 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the protection of personal identifying information of certain individuals in the judicial system; creating a criminal offense.”.

Who sponsors TX HB 5081?

Leach, Creighton are the primary sponsors of TX HB 5081, joined by 1 cosponsor.

Introduced
2025-04-07
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Leachprimary
  • Creightonprimary
  • Zaffirinicosponsor

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. 2025-05-29

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  7. 2025-05-28

    House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported

  8. 2025-05-28

    Text of Senate Amendment(s)

  9. 2025-05-28

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  10. 2025-05-28

    Record vote

  11. 2025-05-28

    House concurs in Senate amendment(s)

  12. 2025-05-27

    Senate Amendments Analysis distributed

  13. 2025-05-27

    Senate Amendments distributed

  14. 2025-05-26

    Senate passage as amended reported

    amendment-passage

  15. 2025-05-26

    Record vote

  16. 2025-05-26

    Passed

    passage

  17. 2025-05-26

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  18. 2025-05-26

    Record vote

  19. 2025-05-26

    Three day rule suspended

  20. 2025-05-26

    Vote recorded in Journal

  21. 2025-05-26

    Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading

    reading-2

  22. 2025-05-26

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  23. 2025-05-26

    Placed on intent calendar

  24. 2025-05-26

    Co-sponsor authorized

  25. 2025-05-25

    Committee report printed and distributed

  26. 2025-05-25

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  27. 2025-05-25

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  28. 2025-05-22

    Vote taken in committee

  29. 2025-05-22

    Testimony taken in committee

  30. 2025-05-22

    Considered in public hearing

  31. 2025-05-22

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  32. 2025-05-15

    Referred to State Affairs

    referral-committee

  33. 2025-05-15

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  34. 2025-05-14

    Received from the House

    introduction

  35. 2025-05-14

    Reported engrossed

  36. 2025-05-14

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  37. 2025-05-14

    Record vote

  38. 2025-05-14

    Passed

    passage

  39. 2025-05-14

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  40. 2025-05-13

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  41. 2025-05-13

    Record vote

  42. 2025-05-13

    Passed to engrossment as amended

    amendment-passage

  43. 2025-05-13

    Amended

    amendment-passage

  44. 2025-05-13

    Laid out as postponed business

  45. 2025-05-13

    Postponed

  46. 2025-05-13

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  47. 2025-05-10

    Placed on General State Calendar

  48. 2025-05-08

    Considered in Calendars

  49. 2025-05-06

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  50. 2025-05-06

    Committee report distributed

  51. 2025-05-06

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  52. 2025-04-23

    Reported favorably as substituted

    committee-passage-favorable

  53. 2025-04-23

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  54. 2025-04-23

    Committee substitute considered in committee

    substitution

  55. 2025-04-23

    Considered in public hearing

  56. 2025-04-16

    No action taken in committee

  57. 2025-04-07

    Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

    referral-committee

  58. 2025-04-07

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  59. 2025-03-13

    Filed

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-13 · pass · 138-0

    Member-level votes (154)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: 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
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: 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
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: 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
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Lopez: absent
    • R: absent
    • Schofield: absent
    • Simmon: absent
    • Bell: absent
    • C: absent
    • Bonnen: absent
    • Capriglione: absent
    • Hayes: absent
    • Lowe: absent
    • Mez: absent
  • passage

    2025-05-14 · pass · 140-0

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: 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
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Harrison: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hull: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Jones, V.: 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
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lowe: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Morgan: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: 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
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schatzline: 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
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Vasut(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Buckley: absent
    • Holt: absent
    • Olcot: absent
    • Hickland: absent
    • Lopez: absent
    • R: absent
    • Lozano: absent
    • Martinez Fischer: absent
    • Schofiel: absent
  • Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that CSHB 5081 be placed on its third reading and final passage.

    2025-05-26 · pass · 31-0

  • passage

    2025-05-28 · pass · 114-22

    Member-level votes (151)
    • Alders: yes
    • Ashby: yes
    • Barry: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Collier: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Davis, Y.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gates: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, J.: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, V.: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • LaHood: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leach: yes
    • Little: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Luther: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Muñoz: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Oliverson: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Paul: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Reynolds: yes
    • Richardson: yes
    • Rodríguez Ramos: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Troxclair: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Bumgarner: no
    • Cain: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hickland: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Hull: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Morgan: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Patterson: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Shaheen: no
    • Shofner: no
    • Simmons: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Swanson: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Vasut: no
    • Wilson: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Mr. Speaker(C): not voting
    • Allen: absent
    • Anchía: absent
    • Guerra: absent
    • Harris: absent
    • Hinojosa: absent
    • Jones, J.: absent
    • Kerwin: absent
    • Longoria: absent
    • Money: absent
    • Talarico: absent
    • Canales: absent
    • Louderback: absent
    • Schatzlin: absent

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