TX SB 986
died on adjournmentRelating to procedures under the public information law, including expedited responses and charges for bad faith requests.
Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · upper
Quick answers
Did TX SB 986 pass?
No. TX SB 986 died when the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-05-10): Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency
What is TX SB 986 about?
TX SB 986 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to procedures under the public information law, including expedited responses and charges for bad faith requests.”.
Who sponsors TX SB 986?
Bettencourt is the primary sponsor of TX SB 986.
- Introduced
- 2025-01-29
- Latest action
- 2025-05-10 — Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
- —
Subjects
Sponsors
- Bettencourtprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-01-29
Received by the Secretary of the Senate
filing,introduction
2025-01-29
Filed
filing
2025-02-13
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-02-13
Referred to Business & Commerce
referral-committee
2025-04-03
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-04-03
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-03
Testimony taken in committee
2025-04-03
Left pending in committee
2025-04-22
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-22
Vote taken in committee
2025-04-22
Reported favorably w/o amendments
committee-passage-favorable
2025-04-22
Committee report printed and distributed
2025-05-06
Placed on intent calendar
2025-05-07
Rules suspended-Regular order of business
2025-05-07
Record vote
2025-05-07
Read 2nd time
reading-2
2025-05-07
Amendment(s) offered
amendment-introduction
2025-05-07
Amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-07
Record vote
2025-05-07
Passed to engrossment as amended
amendment-passage
2025-05-07
Record vote
2025-05-07
Three day rule suspended
2025-05-07
Record vote
2025-05-07
Read 3rd time
reading-3
2025-05-07
Passed
passage
2025-05-07
Record vote
2025-05-07
Reported engrossed
2025-05-08
Received from the Senate
introduction
2025-05-10
Read first time
introduction,reading-1
2025-05-10
Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency
referral-committee
Versions
Documents
Votes
passage
2025-05-07 · pass · 18-13
Member-level votes (31)
- Bettencourt: yes
- Birdwell: yes
- Blanco: yes
- Campbell: yes
- Flores: yes
- Hagenbuch: yes
- Hall: yes
- A. Hinojosa: yes
- J. Hinojosa: yes
- Huffman: yes
- King: yes
- Kolkhorst: yes
- Nichols: yes
- Parker: yes
- Paxton: yes
- Perry: yes
- Schwertner: yes
- Sparks: yes
- Alvarado: no
- Cook: no
- Creighton: no
- Eckhardt: no
- Gutierrez: no
- Hancock: no
- Hughes: no
- Johnson: no
- Menéndez: no
- Middleton: no
- Miles: no
- West: no
- Zaffirini: no
Related bills
No related bills recorded for this bill.
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Attribution
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