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CS/CS/CS/SB 844: Public Records

GENERAL BILL by Rules ; Community Affairs ; Governmental Oversight and Accountability ; 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: 7/1/2021
 Last Action: 4/22/2021 Senate - Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 781 (Ch. 2021-215) -SJ 633
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
  2. Community Affairs (CA)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    1/27/2021 Senate • Filed
    2/4/2021 Senate • Referred to Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Community Affairs; Rules -SJ 98
    2/8/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 02/17/21, 9:00 am, 37 Senate Building --Not Considered
    2/26/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 03/03/21, 12:00 pm, 37 Senate Building
    3/2/2021 Senate • Introduced -SJ 98
    3/3/2021 Senate • CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 6 NAYS 0 -SJ 191
    3/4/2021 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    3/5/2021 Senate • Now in Community Affairs
    3/10/2021 Senate • CS by Governmental Oversight and Accountability read 1st time -SJ 232
    3/25/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Community Affairs, 03/30/21, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
    3/30/2021 Senate • CS/CS by Community Affairs; YEAS 9 NAYS 0 -SJ 343
    3/31/2021 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    4/1/2021 Senate • CS/CS by Community Affairs read 1st time -SJ 349
    4/2/2021 Senate • Now in Rules
    4/15/2021 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/20/21, 8:30 am, 412 Knott Building
    4/20/2021 Senate • CS/CS/CS by- Rules; YEAS 15 NAYS 0 -SJ 472
    • Pending reference review -under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • CS/CS/CS by Rules read 1st time -SJ 477
    4/21/2021 Senate • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
    • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/22/21 -SJ 642
    4/22/2021 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 633
    • Substituted CS/CS/HB 781 -SJ 633
    • Laid on Table, companion bill(s) passed, see CS/CS/HB 781 (Ch. 2021-215) -SJ 633

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  • CS/CS/CS/SB 844, Committee Substitute 3 (Current Bill Version) Posted 4/20/2021 at 12:17 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Rules (Post-Meeting) 4/21/2021 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 781 (er) Public Records State Affairs Committee Similar Last Action: 7/6/2021 Chapter No. 2021-215 Track This Bill

    Citations - Statutes (4)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    28.222 Clerk to be county recorder. Page 2 (pdf)
    28.2221 Electronic access to official records. Page 3 (pdf)
    119.071 General exemptions from inspection or copying of public records. Page 7 (pdf)
    695.22 Daily schedule of deeds and conveyances filed for record to be furnished property appraiser. Page 19 (pdf)

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  • CS/CS/SB 844, Committee Substitute 2 Posted 3/31/2021 at 4:47 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Rules (Pre-Meeting) 4/19/2021 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 781 (c2) Public Records State Affairs Committee Similar Last Action: 7/6/2021 Chapter No. 2021-215 Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    619874 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Rules
    (Hooper)     		4/18/2021
    11:19 AM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    4/20/2021     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    4/20/2021 8:30 AM Rules 15 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (4)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    28.222 Clerk to be county recorder. Page 2 (pdf)
    28.2221 Electronic access to official records. Page 3 (pdf)
    119.071 General exemptions from inspection or copying of public records. Page 7 (pdf)
    695.22 Daily schedule of deeds and conveyances filed for record to be furnished property appraiser. Page 19 (pdf)

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  • CS/SB 844, Committee Substitute 1 Posted 3/4/2021 at 4:27 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Community Affairs (Pre-Meeting) 3/29/2021 (pdf)
    Community Affairs (Post-Meeting) 3/31/2021 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 781 (c1) Public Records State Affairs Committee Similar Last Action: 7/6/2021 Chapter No. 2021-215 Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    940972 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Community Affairs
    (Hooper)     		3/29/2021
    2:38 PM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/31/2021     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/30/2021 3:30 PM Community Affairs 9 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (4)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    28.222 Clerk to be county recorder. Page 2 (pdf)
    28.2221 Electronic access to official records. Page 3 (pdf)
    119.071 General exemptions from inspection or copying of public records. Page 7 (pdf)
    695.22 Daily schedule of deeds and conveyances filed for record to be furnished property appraiser. Page 19 (pdf)

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  • SB 844, Original Filed Version Posted 1/27/2021 at 9:39 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Pre-Meeting) 2/16/2021 (pdf)
    Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Post-Meeting) 3/4/2021 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 781 Public Records State Affairs Committee Similar Last Action: 7/6/2021 Chapter No. 2021-215 Track This Bill

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    768192 - Amendment (Delete All)
    Delete everything after the enacting clause and insert:     		Governmental Oversight and Accountability
    (Hooper)     		3/2/2021
    10:28 AM     		Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/3/2021     		Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/3/2021 12:00 PM Governmental Oversight and Accountability 6 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (3)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    28.222 Clerk to be county recorder. Page 2 (pdf)
    28.2221 Electronic access to official records. Page 3 (pdf)
    119.071 General exemptions from inspection or copying of public records. Page 6 (pdf)

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