HB2788

Signed by Governor
Authored by Angie Button (R)
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Caption: Relating to fraud detection information and the public information law.
Initially Referred to House Trade, Workforce & Economic Development Committee, chaired by a Republican
Last Referred to Senate Economic Development Committee, chaired by a Republican
HB 2788 expands the confidentiality of certain information related to unemployment compensation and job matching services. It explicitly includes fraud detection information - such as risk assessments, investigative materials, and protocols - within the definition of non-public information under the Texas Public Information Act, preventing its disclosure.

Joint authors: Bell, K. (R); Longoria (D); Richardson (R); Villalobos (R)
Sponsors: Johnson (D)

Feb 13, 2025


(H) Button signed onto the bill as Author
(H) Filed
 

Mar 19, 2025


(H) Read first time
(H) Referred to the House Trade, Workforce & Economic Development, chaired by a Republican
 

Mar 26, 2025


(H) Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) Committee substitute considered in committee
(H) Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
(H) Left pending in committee
 

Apr 2, 2025


(H) Villalobos signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Longoria signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Bell, K. signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) House Trade, Workforce & Economic Development met.
(H) Richardson signed onto the bill as Joint Author
(H) Considered in public hearing
(H) Reported favorably as substituted
 

Apr 10, 2025


(H) Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
(H) Committee report distributed
 

Apr 11, 2025


(H) Committee report sent to Calendars
 

Apr 30, 2025


(H) Considered in Calendars
 

May 2, 2025


(H) Placed on General State Calendar
 

May 5, 2025


(H) Read 2nd time
(H) Passed to engrossment
 

May 6, 2025


(H) Read 3rd time
(H) Passed
(H) Record vote

RV#1410: Yea 141 (R 86, D 55) - Nay 6 (R 0, D 6)
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Yea - Alders; Allen; Anchia; Ashby; Barry; Bell, C.; Bell, K.; Bernal; Bhojani; Bonnen; Bowers; Buckley; Bucy; Bumgarner; Button; Cain; Campos; Canales; Capriglione; Cole; Collier; Cook; Cortez; Craddick; Cunningham; Curry; Darby; Davis, A.; Davis, Y.; Dean; DeAyala; Dorazio; Dutton; Dyson; Fairly; Flores; Frank; Gamez; Garcia Hernandez; Garcia, J.; Garcia, L.; Gates; Gerdes; Geren; Gervin-Hawkins; Gonzalez, M.; Goodwin; Guerra; Guillen; Harless; Harris; Harris Davila; Harrison; Hayes; Hefner; Hernandez; Hickland; Hinojosa; Holt; Hopper; Howard; Hull; Hunter; Isaac; Johnson; Jones, J.; Kerwin; King; Kitzman; LaHood; Lalani; Lambert; Landgraf; Leach; Leo Wilson; Little; Longoria; Lopez, J.; Lopez, R.; Louderback; Lowe; Lozano; Luther; Manuel; Martinez; Martinez Fischer; McLaughlin; McQueeney; Metcalf; Meyer; Money; Moody; Morales, E.; Morales Shaw; Morgan; Munoz; Noble; Olcott; Oliverson; Ordaz; Orr; Patterson; Paul; Perez, M.; Perez, V.; Phelan; Pierson; Plesa; Raymond; Richardson; Romero; Rose; Rosenthal; Schatzline; Schofield; Schoolcraft; Shaheen; Shofner; Simmons; Slawson; Smithee; Spiller; Swanson; Talarico; Tepper; Thompson; Tinderholt; Toth; Troxclair; Turner; VanDeaver; Vasut; Villalobos; Virdell; Vo; Walle; Ward Johnson; Wharton; Wilson; Wu; Zwiener

Nay - Bryant; Gonzalez, J.; Meza; Morales, C.; Reynolds; Rodriguez Ramos

Absent - Jones, V.; Lujan

Present, Not Voting - Burrows

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(H) Reported engrossed
(S) Received from the House
 

May 7, 2025


(S) Read first time
(S) Referred to the Senate Economic Development, chaired by a Republican
 

May 12, 2025


(S) Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
(S) Considered in public hearing
(S) Left pending in committee
 

May 13, 2025


(S) Considered in public hearing
(S) Vote taken in committee
 

May 14, 2025


(S) Reported favorably w/o amendments
(S) Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
(S) Committee report printed and distributed
 

May 16, 2025


(S) Placed on intent calendar
 

May 20, 2025


(S) Rules suspended-Regular order of business
(S) Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
(S) Vote recorded in Journal
(S) Three day rule suspended
(S) Record vote

20250520_HB2788_2R: Yea 31 (R 20, D 11) - Nay 0 (R 0, D 0)

Yea - A. Hinojosa; Alvarado; Bettencourt; Birdwell; Blanco; Campbell; Cook; Creighton; Eckhardt; Flores; Gutierrez; Hagenbuch; Hall; Hancock; Huffman; Hughes; J. Hinojosa; Johnson; King; Kolkhorst; Menendez; Middleton; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; West; Zaffirini

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(S) Read 3rd time
(S) Passed

20250520_HB2788_3R: Yea 31 (R 20, D 11) - Nay 0 (R 0, D 0)

Yea - A. Hinojosa; Alvarado; Bettencourt; Birdwell; Blanco; Campbell; Cook; Creighton; Eckhardt; Flores; Gutierrez; Hagenbuch; Hall; Hancock; Huffman; Hughes; J. Hinojosa; Johnson; King; Kolkhorst; Menendez; Middleton; Miles; Nichols; Parker; Paxton; Perry; Schwertner; Sparks; West; Zaffirini

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(S) Record vote
 

May 21, 2025


(H) Senate passage reported
(H) Reported enrolled
(H) Signed in the House
 

May 22, 2025


(S) Signed in the Senate
(E) Sent to the Governor
 


(H) Johnson signed onto the bill as Sponsor

Lobbying Against/For/On This Bill

Against

(Mon 5/12/2025) Registering before S Economic Development as Steven Deline for self
 

For

(Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Trade, Workforce & Economic Development as Alison Brock for Texas Association of School Boards (TASB)
(Mon 5/12/2025) Registering before S Economic Development as Haseeb Abdullah for self
(Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Trade, Workforce & Economic Development as Nadia Islam for City of San Antonio
(Mon 5/12/2025) Registering before S Economic Development as Nadia Islam for City of San Antonio
(Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Trade, Workforce & Economic Development as T. Patterson for City of Fort Worth
 

On

(Wed 3/26/2025) Testifying before H Trade, Workforce & Economic Development as Jason Stalinsky for Texas Workforce Commission
(Mon 5/12/2025) Registering before S Economic Development as Chuck Ross for Texas Workforce Commission
(Wed 3/26/2025) Registering before H Trade, Workforce & Economic Development as Thomas Parkinson for self



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