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Read. Follow. Verify.Texas HB 1853 makes execution substance suppliers' identifying information public
Last action · March 14, 2025: Referred to CorrectionsSponsor: Joe Moody
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What This Bill Proposed
Texas HB 1853 makes the names, addresses, and other identifying details of entities and persons that manufacture, transport, test, procure, compound, prescribe, dispense, or provide execution substances or supplies public information starting September 1, 2025.
Changes public records law to require disclosure of previously confidential supplier identities under the for information requests received on or after the effective date.
- Texas law previously maintained strict confidentiality regarding the identities of individuals and commercial entities involved in supplying drugs and materials used for capital punishment executions. context
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.
Suppliers and manufacturers of execution substances
Public information requesters
They gain the legal right to request and receive identifying information about entities that provide execution materials.
Execution procedure participants
Their identifying information remains confidential and excepted from public disclosure requirements.
Key Facts
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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 14, 2025HouseCommitteeReferred to Corrections
- Mar 14, 2025HouseIntroducedRead first time
- Jan 15, 2025HouseIntroducedFiled
Version history
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Shift in Open Records Exemption for Execution Suppliers
The bill reverses previous confidentiality protections specifically for entities manufacturing or supplying execution materials, while preserving protections for direct execution participants.
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Sources
capitol.texas.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy85Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz40Current news / social attention level
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