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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas HB 1231 requires online publication of public officials' financial statements and removal of personal contact data
Last action · March 10, 2025: Referred to State AffairsSponsor: Chris Turner
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What This Bill Proposed
State officials and political candidates must have their posted on the Texas Ethics Commission's internet website within 15 days of filing, while the commission is required to redact home addresses, telephone numbers, and names of dependent children before public release.
Balances public oversight of elected officials' finances with personal privacy by mandating online access while scrubbing specific personal identifiers like home addresses and children's names.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Public officials and candidates
Texas Ethics Commission
The commission is tasked with maintaining statements in alphabetical files, publishing them online within a 15-day window, and redacting specific personal information before public release.
General public
Gains direct online access to personal financial statements filed by public officials and candidates through the commission's website.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
3 actions- Mar 10, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to State Affairs
- Mar 10, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
- Nov 12, 2024HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
Only one version on file - nothing to compare yet. As later stages (committee substitute, engrossed, enrolled) are captured, the redline appears here.
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Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz30Current news / social attention level
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