HB 1495 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to the prohibited release of personal information collected during the jury selection process.

HB 1495 protects personal information collected during Texas jury selection by making it confidential. It prohibits courts, parties, attorneys, or court staff from disclosing specific details like home addresses, phone numbers, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, or juror questionnaire responses. Disclosure is only allowed if a party or media member obtains court approval showing "good cause." The law applies only to individuals reporting for jury duty on or after September 1, 2025. This directly affects Texas residents summoned for jury service by safeguarding their sensitive personal data.
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Mar 11, 2025 Last action Apr 29, 2025
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Introduced Engrossed · 3 edits · Apr 25, 2025
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The bill text was reformatted and cleaned up, removing extraneous metadata and formatting artifacts from the original draft. The substantive legal content regarding jury selection confidentiality remains unchanged.
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Removed metadata headers, page numbers, and formatting codes (e.g., '89(R)', 'AMF-D', 'AAMorales') that were part of the draft document but not part of the final bill text.

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Floor votes · House Apr 24, 2025

How they voted

1420
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 145
Apr 24, 2025
D Democratic58
55 Yea 3
94% Yea
R Republican87
87 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
25
Key actions
7
Committee
7
Apr 29, 2025
Committee
Referred to Jurisprudence
upper
Apr 29, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
upper
Apr 28, 2025
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
Apr 25, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
Apr 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment
lower
Apr 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Apr 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Mar 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Mar 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Mar 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Committee
Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
4 primary · 3 co-sponsors

Sponsors