CS/CS/CS/SB 844 (2021) -  Public Records

General Bill by Rules and Community Affairs and Governmental Oversight and Accountability and Hooper
Public Records: Prohibiting a county recorder from removing a grantor name, grantee name, or party name from the register of the Official Records and the index on the publicly available website unless the information is subject to a specified public records exemption; prescribing requirements for a person claiming a public records exemption to request removal of information from a publicly available website, subject to penalty of perjury; requiring that a request for maintenance of an exemption be notarized and confirm the individual’s status; requiring the daily schedule of deeds and conveyances to include notification of any information therein which is subject to a request for removal, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2021
Last Event: 04/22/21 S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 781 (Ch. 2021-215) -SJ 633 on Thursday, April 22, 2021 6:00 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Governmental Oversight and Accountability
    • On agenda for: 03/03/21 12:00 PM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 6   Nays 0
  • Community Affairs
    • On agenda for: 03/30/21 3:30 PM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 9   Nays 0
  • Rules
    • On agenda for: 04/20/21 8:30 AM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 15   Nays 0

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/CS/HB 781 Subject: Public Records Relationship: Similar

Bill Text

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Rules 4/21/2021 5:23:36 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Rules 4/19/2021 8:04:21 AM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Community Affairs 3/31/2021 4:32:55 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Community Affairs 3/29/2021 3:43:09 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Governmental Oversight and Accountability 3/4/2021 4:19:20 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Governmental Oversight and Accountability 2/16/2021 8:57:41 AM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 781 (Ch. 2021-215) -SJ 633 Time: 04/22/2021 - 6:00 PM Member: Committee: Version: c3
Event: S Substituted CS/CS/HB 781 -SJ 633 Time: 04/22/2021 - 6:00 PM Member: Committee: Version: c3
Event: S Read 2nd time -SJ 633 Time: 04/22/2021 - 5:58 PM Member: Committee: Version: c3
Event: S Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/22/21 -SJ 642 Time: 04/21/2021 - 4:35 PM Member: Committee: Version: c3
Event: S Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading Time: 04/21/2021 - 4:32 PM Member: Committee: Version: c3
Event: S CS/CS/CS by Rules read 1st time -SJ 477 Time: 04/20/2021 - 5:59 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c3
Event: S Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 04/20/2021 - 12:17 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c3
Event: S CS/CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 -SJ 472 Time: 04/20/2021 - 10:42 AM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c2
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/20/21, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building Time: 04/15/2021 - 4:00 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c2
Event: S Now in Rules Time: 04/02/2021 - 1:56 PM Member: Committee: Rules Version: c2
Event: S CS/CS by Community Affairs read 1st time -SJ 349 Time: 04/01/2021 - 5:01 PM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: c2
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 03/31/2021 - 4:46 PM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: c1
Event: S CS/CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 343 Time: 03/30/2021 - 6:11 PM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: c1
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 03/30/21, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building Time: 03/25/2021 - 4:42 PM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: c1
Event: S CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time -SJ 232 Time: 03/10/2021 - 11:56 AM Member: Committee: Governmental Oversight and Accountability Version: c1
Event: S Now in Community Affairs Time: 03/05/2021 - 2:37 PM Member: Committee: Community Affairs Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 03/04/2021 - 4:27 PM Member: Committee: Governmental Oversight and Accountability Version: c1
Event: S CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 191 Time: 03/03/2021 - 1:02 PM Member: Committee: Governmental Oversight and Accountability Version: __
Event: S Introduced -SJ 98 Time: 03/02/2021 - 11:09 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 03/03/21, 12:00 pm, 37 Senate Building Time: 02/26/2021 - 2:29 PM Member: Committee: Governmental Oversight and Accountability Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 02/17/21, 9:00 am, 37 Senate Building --Not Considered Time: 02/08/2021 - 2:38 PM Member: Committee: Governmental Oversight and Accountability Version: __
Event: S Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Community Affairs; Rules -SJ 98 Time: 02/04/2021 - 12:22 PM Member: Committee: Governmental Oversight and Accountability Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 01/27/2021 - 9:39 AM Member: Committee: Version: __

Statutes Referenced by this Bill

Statute Other Bill Citations
28.222 HB 31, SB 382, CS/CS/HB 781, CS/CS/SB 838
28.2221 CS/CS/HB 781, CS/CS/HB 1229, CS/SB 1508
119.071 CS/SB 68, CS/CS/SB 96, SB 310, SB 444, SB 568, CS/HB 643, HB 679, CS/HB 691, SB 732, CS/CS/HB 781, SB 930, CS/SB 1048, CS/HB 1207, CS/CS/HB 1229*, HB 1355, HB 1451, HB 1453, CS/SB 1488, CS/SB 1508*, HB 1539, CS/SB 1594, SB 1602, HB 6019, SB 7028, HB 7029, CS/HB 7039
695.22 CS/CS/HB 781

(*) Not the latest version