CS/SB 162 (2020) -  Public Records

General Bill by Rules and Perry
Public Records: Prohibiting an agency that receives a request to inspect or copy a record from responding to such request by filing an action for declaratory relief against the requester, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2020
Last Event: 03/14/20 S Died on Calendar on Saturday, March 14, 2020 12:00 AM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Governmental Oversight and Accountability
    • On agenda for: 10/14/19 2:30 PM
    • Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 5   Nays 0
  • Judiciary
    • On agenda for: 11/05/19 2:00 PM
    • Favorable (final action) Votes: Yeas 6   Nays 0
  • Rules
    • On agenda for: 02/19/20 10:00 AM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 17   Nays 0

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: HB 195 Subject: Public Records Relationship: Similar

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Rules 2/20/2020 8:18:34 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Rules 2/18/2020 9:53:10 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Judiciary 11/6/2019 12:01:46 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Judiciary 11/4/2019 1:49:20 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Governmental Oversight and Accountability 10/14/2019 5:15:33 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Governmental Oversight and Accountability 10/14/2019 4:18:16 PM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died on Calendar Time: 03/14/2020 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration Time: 03/14/2020 - 12:00 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Temporarily postponed on 3rd reading; On Unfinished Business -SJ 543 Time: 03/09/2020 - 3:14 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Read 3rd time -SJ 543 Time: 03/09/2020 - 3:12 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Amendment(s) failed (590792) -SJ 543 Time: 03/09/2020 - 3:12 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Read 2nd time -SJ 543 Time: 03/09/2020 - 3:06 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Placed on Special Order Calendar, 03/09/20 -SJ 550 Time: 03/05/2020 - 4:49 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S CS by Rules read 1st time -SJ 347 Time: 02/26/2020 - 6:33 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c1
Event: S Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading Time: 02/21/2020 - 10:47 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 02/20/2020 - 8:53 AM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c1
Event: S CS by- Rules; YEAS 17 NAYS 0 -SJ 346 Time: 02/19/2020 - 12:19 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Rules, 02/19/20, 10:00 am, 110 Senate Building Time: 02/14/2020 - 4:32 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 16 Time: 01/14/2020 - 11:02 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Now in Rules Time: 11/06/2019 - 12:06 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: __
Event: S Favorable by Judiciary; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 133 Time: 11/05/2019 - 4:55 PM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Judiciary, 11/05/19, 2:00 pm, 110 Senate Building Time: 10/28/2019 - 3:31 PM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: __
Event: S Now in Judiciary Time: 10/15/2019 - 7:48 AM Member: Committee: Judiciary Version: __
Event: S Favorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 5 NAYS 0 -SJ 132 Time: 10/14/2019 - 3:38 PM Member: Committee: Governmental Oversight and Accountability Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 10/14/19, 2:30 pm, 301 Senate Building Time: 10/07/2019 - 3:39 PM Member: Committee: Governmental Oversight and Accountability Version: __
Event: S Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Judiciary; Rules -SJ 16 Time: 09/19/2019 - 9:54 AM Member: Committee: Governmental Oversight and Accountability Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 08/20/2019 - 9:05 AM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
119.07 HB 195, SB 196