Skip to main content
CivicGate

HB 4 TX
Became Law

Relating to the regulation of the collection, use, processing, and treatment of consumers' personal data by certain business entities; imposing a civil penalty.

TX · session 88 · Assembly / House · bill

A state bill is a proposed law in a state legislature — separate from the U.S. Congress. Learn more →

Introduced Feb 16, 2023

Latest action (Jun 18, 2023) See remarks for effective date

Sponsors (5)

92 coauthors / cosponsors
  • Allison · cosponsor
  • Anchía · cosponsor
  • Anderson · cosponsor
  • Ashby Republican · cosponsor
  • Bailes · cosponsor
  • Bell, Cecil Republican · cosponsor
  • Bell, Keith Republican · cosponsor
  • Bonnen Republican · cosponsor
  • Buckley Republican · cosponsor
  • Bucy Democratic · cosponsor
  • Bumgarner Republican · cosponsor
  • Burns · cosponsor
  • Cain Republican · cosponsor
  • Canales Democratic · cosponsor
  • Clardy · cosponsor
  • Collier Democratic · cosponsor
  • Cook Republican · cosponsor
  • Cunningham Republican · cosponsor
  • Darby Republican · cosponsor
  • Dean Republican · cosponsor
  • Dorazio Republican · cosponsor
  • Flores · cosponsor
  • Frank Republican · cosponsor
  • Frazier · cosponsor
  • Garcia Democratic · cosponsor
  • Gates Republican · cosponsor
  • Gerdes Republican · cosponsor
  • Gervin-Hawkins Democratic · cosponsor
  • Goldman · cosponsor
  • Harless Republican · cosponsor
  • Harris, Caroline · cosponsor
  • Harris, Cody · cosponsor
  • Harrison Republican · cosponsor
  • Hefner Republican · cosponsor
  • Holland · cosponsor
  • Howard Democratic · cosponsor
  • Hull Republican · cosponsor
  • Hunter Republican · cosponsor
  • Isaac Republican · cosponsor
  • Jetton · cosponsor
  • Johnson, Ann Democratic · cosponsor
  • Johnson, Julie · cosponsor
  • King, Ken Republican · cosponsor
  • Klick · cosponsor
  • Kuempel · cosponsor
  • Lalani Democratic · cosponsor
  • Lambert Republican · cosponsor
  • Landgraf Republican · cosponsor
  • Leach Republican · cosponsor
  • Lozano Republican · cosponsor
  • Lujan Republican · cosponsor
  • Metcalf Republican · cosponsor
  • Morales Shaw Democratic · cosponsor
  • Morales, Christina Democratic · cosponsor
  • Morales, Eddie Democratic · cosponsor
  • Morrison · cosponsor
  • Murr · cosponsor
  • Noble Republican · cosponsor
  • Oliverson Republican · cosponsor
  • Orr Republican · cosponsor
  • Ortega · cosponsor
  • Patterson Republican · cosponsor
  • Paul Republican · cosponsor
  • Plesa Democratic · cosponsor
  • Price · cosponsor
  • Raney · cosponsor
  • Rogers · cosponsor
  • Schatzline Republican · cosponsor
  • Shaheen Republican · cosponsor
  • Slawson Republican · cosponsor
  • Smith · cosponsor
  • Smithee Republican · cosponsor
  • Spiller Republican · cosponsor
  • Stucky · cosponsor
  • Swanson Republican · cosponsor
  • Tepper · cosponsor
  • Thimesch · cosponsor
  • Toth Republican · cosponsor
  • Troxclair Republican · cosponsor
  • VanDeaver Republican · cosponsor
  • Vasut Republican · cosponsor
  • Vo Democratic · cosponsor
  • Walle Democratic · cosponsor
  • Zwiener Democratic · cosponsor
  • Bettencourt Republican · cosponsor
  • Creighton · cosponsor
  • Kolkhorst Republican · cosponsor
  • Parker Republican · cosponsor
  • Paxton Republican · cosponsor
  • Springer · cosponsor
  • West Democratic · cosponsor
  • Zaffirini Democratic · cosponsor

Action history (86)

  1. Feb 16, 2023 Filed · lower
  2. Feb 23, 2023 Read first time · lower
  3. Feb 23, 2023 Referred to Business & Industry · lower
  4. Mar 13, 2023 Considered in public hearing · lower
  5. Mar 13, 2023 Committee substitute considered in committee · lower
  6. Mar 13, 2023 Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee · lower
  7. Mar 13, 2023 Left pending in committee · lower
  8. Mar 20, 2023 Considered in public hearing · lower
  9. Mar 20, 2023 Committee substitute considered in committee · lower
  10. Mar 20, 2023 Reported favorably as substituted · lower
  11. Mar 28, 2023 Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator · lower
  12. Mar 28, 2023 Committee report distributed · lower
  13. Mar 29, 2023 Committee report sent to Calendars · lower
  14. Mar 29, 2023 Considered in Calendars · lower
  15. Apr 4, 2023 Placed on Major State Calendar · lower
  16. Apr 4, 2023 Read 2nd time · lower
  17. Apr 4, 2023 Passed to engrossment · lower
  18. Apr 4, 2023 Record vote · lower
  19. Apr 5, 2023 Read 3rd time · lower
  20. Apr 5, 2023 Statement of Leg. Intent Recorded in Journal · lower
  21. Apr 5, 2023 Passed · lower
  22. Apr 5, 2023 Record vote · lower
  23. Apr 5, 2023 Reported engrossed · lower
  24. Apr 5, 2023 Received from the House · upper
  25. May 1, 2023 Read first time · upper
  26. May 1, 2023 Referred to State Affairs · upper
  27. May 2, 2023 Co-sponsor authorized · upper
  28. May 4, 2023 Co-sponsor authorized · upper
  29. May 4, 2023 Scheduled for public hearing on . . . · upper
  30. May 4, 2023 Considered in public hearing · upper
  31. May 4, 2023 Testimony taken in committee · upper
  32. May 4, 2023 Vote taken in committee · upper
  33. May 8, 2023 Reported favorably as substituted · upper
  34. May 8, 2023 Committee report printed and distributed · upper
  35. May 9, 2023 Co-sponsor authorized · upper
  36. May 9, 2023 Placed on intent calendar · upper
  37. May 10, 2023 Co-sponsor authorized · upper
  38. May 10, 2023 Rules suspended-Regular order of business · upper
  39. May 10, 2023 Read 2nd time · upper
  40. May 10, 2023 Amendment(s) offered · upper
  41. May 10, 2023 Amended · upper
  42. May 10, 2023 Vote recorded in Journal · upper
  43. May 10, 2023 Passed to 3rd reading as amended · upper
  44. May 10, 2023 Vote recorded in Journal · upper
  45. May 10, 2023 Three day rule suspended · upper
  46. May 10, 2023 Record vote · upper
  47. May 10, 2023 Again read · upper
  48. May 10, 2023 Passed · upper
  49. May 10, 2023 Record vote · upper
  50. May 10, 2023 Vote reconsidered · upper
  51. May 10, 2023 Read 3rd time · upper
  52. May 10, 2023 Amendment(s) offered · upper
  53. May 10, 2023 Amended · upper
  54. May 10, 2023 Vote recorded in Journal · upper
  55. May 10, 2023 Passed as amended · upper
  56. May 10, 2023 Record vote · upper
  57. May 10, 2023 Senate passage as amended reported · lower
  58. May 11, 2023 Co-sponsor authorized · upper
  59. May 11, 2023 Senate Amendments distributed · lower
  60. May 11, 2023 Senate Amendments Analysis distributed · lower
  61. May 15, 2023 House refuses to concur in Senate amendments · lower
  62. May 15, 2023 House requests conference committee · lower
  63. May 15, 2023 House appoints conferees · lower
  64. May 15, 2023 House refuses to concur-reported · upper
  65. May 15, 2023 House requests conference committee-reported · upper
  66. May 15, 2023 House appoints conferees-reported · upper
  67. May 17, 2023 Senate grants request for conference comm. · upper
  68. May 17, 2023 Senate appoints conferees · upper
  69. May 18, 2023 Senate grants request for conf comm-reported · lower
  70. May 18, 2023 Senate appoints conferees-reported · lower
  71. May 26, 2023 Conference committee report filed · upper
  72. May 26, 2023 Conf. Comm. Report distributed · lower
  73. May 27, 2023 Senate adopts conference committee report · upper
  74. May 27, 2023 Record vote · upper
  75. May 27, 2023 Senate adopts conf. comm. report-reported · lower
  76. May 28, 2023 House adopts resolution to go outside bounds · lower
  77. May 28, 2023 House adopts conference committee report · lower
  78. May 28, 2023 Record vote · lower
  79. May 28, 2023 Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal · lower
  80. May 28, 2023 House adopts conf. comm. report-reported · upper
  81. May 28, 2023 Reported enrolled · lower
  82. May 29, 2023 Signed in the House · lower
  83. May 29, 2023 Signed in the Senate · upper
  84. May 30, 2023 Sent to the Governor · executive
  85. Jun 18, 2023 Signed by the Governor · executive
  86. Jun 18, 2023 See remarks for effective date · executive
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)

Text versions (10)

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

  • Introduced · HTML
  • Introduced · PDF
  • House Committee Report · HTML
  • House Committee Report · PDF
  • Engrossed · HTML
  • Engrossed · PDF
  • Senate Committee Report · HTML
  • Senate Committee Report · PDF
  • Enrolled · HTML
  • Enrolled · PDF

Full text

The full text hasn’t been imported yet. CivicGate fetches it from the state legislature’s published version documents — check now.

Comments

Comments

Loading comments…

Data from OpenStates. View on OpenStates →