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SB710 • 2025

Relating to the establishment and use of a written electronic communications system accessible to the public by certain municipal entities.

Relating to the establishment and use of a written electronic communications system accessible to the public by certain municipal entities.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Eckhardt
Last action
2025-06-20
Official status
06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25
Effective date
2025-06-20

Plain English Breakdown

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Relating to the establishment and use of a written electronic communications system accessible to the public by certain municipal entities.

Relating to the establishment and use of a written electronic communications system accessible to the public by certain municipal entities.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the establishment and use of a written electronic communications system accessible to the public by certain municipal entities.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed by the Governor

  2. 2025-06-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Effective on 9/1/25

  3. 2025-06-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the House

  4. 2025-06-01 Texas Legislature Online

    Sent to the Governor

  5. 2025-05-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported

  6. 2025-05-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported enrolled

  7. 2025-05-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Signed in the Senate

  8. 2025-05-30 Texas Legislature Online

    House amendment(s) laid before the Senate

  9. 2025-05-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Read

  10. 2025-05-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Senate concurs in House amendment(s)

  11. 2025-05-30 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  12. 2025-05-29 Texas Legislature Online

    House passage as amended reported

  13. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar

  14. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  15. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to 3rd reading

  16. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal

  17. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  18. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  19. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#3832

  20. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  21. 2025-05-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal

  22. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Local & Consent Calendars

  23. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar

  24. 2025-05-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  25. 2025-05-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  26. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  27. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  28. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent

  29. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  30. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  31. 2025-04-09 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Intergovernmental Affairs

  32. 2025-03-31 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the Senate

  33. 2025-03-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  34. 2025-03-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

  35. 2025-03-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  36. 2025-03-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  37. 2025-03-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  38. 2025-03-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  39. 2025-03-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  40. 2025-03-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  41. 2025-03-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  42. 2025-03-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  43. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

  44. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  45. 2025-03-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  46. 2025-03-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  47. 2025-03-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  48. 2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  49. 2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  50. 2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  51. 2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  52. 2025-02-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Rereferred to committee

  53. 2025-02-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Local Government

  54. 2025-02-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  55. 2025-02-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Business & Commerce

  56. 2025-01-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

  57. 2025-01-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the establishment and use of a written electronic communications system accessible to the public by certain municipal entities.

Current Bill Text

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89(R) SB 710 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

S.B. No. 710

AN ACT

relating to the establishment and use of a written electronic

communications system accessible to the public by certain municipal

entities.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 551.006(b), Government Code, is amended

to read as follows:

(b)
Except as provided by Section 551.0061, a
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A
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governmental body may have no more than one online message board or

similar Internet application to be used for the purposes described

in Subsection (a). The online message board or similar Internet

application must be owned or controlled by the governmental body,

prominently displayed on the governmental body's primary Internet

web page, and no more than one click away from the governmental

body's primary Internet web page.

SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 551, Government Code, is

amended by adding Section 551.0061 to read as follows:

Sec.

551.0061.

WRITTEN ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

ACCESSIBLE TO PUBLIC FOR CERTAIN MUNICIPAL ENTITIES. (a) The

governing body of a municipality by ordinance or resolution may

authorize each board, commission, or similar entity of the

municipality to establish and use an online message board or

similar Internet application for the purposes described in Section

551.006(a).

(b)

A governing body adopting an ordinance or resolution

under this section may authorize use of the online message board or

similar Internet application for a period of not longer than two

years, and may reauthorize use of the message board or application

in the same manner and for the same period as many times as the

governing body determines is appropriate. The governing body may

rescind an ordinance or resolution adopted under this section at

any time.

(c)

An online message board or similar Internet application

authorized by this section is separate from and in addition to a

municipal online message board or similar Internet application

authorized by Section 551.006.

(d)

The use and administration of an online message board or

similar Internet application authorized by this section must comply

with the requirements of Section 551.006.

(e)

A municipal governing body that authorizes use of an

online message board or similar Internet application under this

section shall require a municipal employee to monitor the message

board or application for compliance with this section and Section

551.006.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

______________________________

______________________________

President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 710 passed the Senate on

March 27, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that

the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 30, 2025, by the

following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________

Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 710 passed the House, with

amendment, on May 28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 117,

Nays 24, two present not voting.

______________________________

Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

______________________________

Date

______________________________

Governor