HB 5331 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to the enforceability of certain state agency and local government contract language regarding required security incident notifications.

HB 5331 clarifies that contracts between state agencies or local governments and vendors (such as cybersecurity insurers) cannot include terms that prevent compliance with mandatory security incident notification requirements. Specifically, it makes void and unenforceable any contract language prohibiting or restricting government entities from reporting security incidents as required by law. This bill directly affects state and local government agencies that enter into contracts for goods, services, or cybersecurity insurance. It does not change existing notification requirements but ensures contract terms cannot bypass these legal obligations. The law took effect immediately upon the governor's signature on June 20, 2025.
Bill status signed all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
House Passage
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
Signed into Law
Jun 2025
Introduced Apr 7, 2025 Signed Jun 20, 2025
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Engrossed Enrolled · 3 edits · Jun 20, 2025
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The bill text was reformatted from a draft version to an enrolled version, adding official signatures and certification of passage. The substantive legislative content remains unchanged, with no modifications to policy requirements, funding, dates, or eligibility criteria.
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Added official signatures, certification of passage dates, and enrolled version headers

Reformatted bill text layout and numbering for final enrolled version

Floor votes · House May 8, 2025

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
56
Key actions
17
Committee
11
Amendments
8
Jun 20, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by the Governor
executive
May 31, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed in the Senate
upper
May 30, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed in the House
lower
May 28, 2025
Introduced
House concurs in Senate amendment(s)-reported
upper
May 28, 2025
Introduced
Text of Senate Amendment(s)
lower
May 28, 2025
Introduced
House concurs in Senate amendment(s)
lower
May 26, 2025
Introduced
Senate Amendments Analysis distributed
lower
May 26, 2025
Introduced
Senate Amendments distributed
lower
May 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Senate passage as amended reported
lower
May 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
May 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
May 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably as substituted
upper
May 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Vote taken in committee
upper
May 20, 2025
Upper · Passed
Left pending in committee
upper
May 9, 2025
Committee
Referred to Business & Commerce
upper
May 9, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
upper
May 8, 2025
Introduced
Received from the House
upper
May 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed
lower
May 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed to engrossment as amended
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May 7, 2025
Lower · Passed
Amended
lower
Apr 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report sent to Calendars
lower
Apr 29, 2025
Lower · Passed
Committee report distributed
lower
Apr 24, 2025
Lower · Passed
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
lower
Apr 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Apr 23, 2025
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Apr 7, 2025
Committee
Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency
lower
Apr 7, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

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Jay Dean
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