Monitoring the Session

SB 2711

bill building a database of records request addresses

Died in committee

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Sen. Mayes MiddletonRSenate 11

Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to the public information law.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Every governmental body reports by October 1. The AG posts them all.

The bill requires every governmental body covered by the Texas public information law to tell the attorney general, by October 1 each year, the mailing address and email address it uses to receive public records requests. The attorney general must then post all of those addresses in a public online database. Texans filing records requests get one place to look up where to send them, and agencies have a yearly reporting duty.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-SB2711 · 2025-03-13

SOLD BY

Sen. Mayes MiddletonRSenate 11

ITEM

relating to the public information law.

WHAT IT DOES

Every governmental body reports by October 1. The AG posts them all.

The bill requires every governmental body covered by the Texas public information law to tell the attorney general, by October 1 each year, the mailing address and email address it uses to receive public records requests. The attorney general must then post all of those addresses in a public online database. Texans filing records requests get one place to look up where to send them, and agencies have a yearly reporting duty.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

HISTORY

  1. Received by the Secretary of the Senate
  2. Filed
  3. Read first time
  4. Referred to Business & Commerce
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Mayes Middleton

Donors

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$1.14MRussell Gordy$300,000Kenneth Fisher$215,000

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Jul 6, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$1,140,000.00

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$1,140,000.00

Cash
$1,140,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$1,140,000.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 12, 2024 to Oct 21, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101009502, 101012383, 101061137, 101072395, 101072779.

Russell Gordy$300,000.00
Kenneth Fisher$215,000.00
Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

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Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$1,140,000.00

Cash
$1,140,000.00
Paid by others
$0.00
Total
$1,140,000.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team
Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 12, 2024 to Oct 21, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101009502, 101012383, 101061137, 101072395, 101072779.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Fiscal

No fiscal note in the loaded record.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas Senate · Filed Mar 13, 2025

04/03/2025 S Referred to Business & Commerce

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Senate committee · Business & Commerce · Final status: Died in committee

Companion

HB 4214 by Curry (identical)

Subjects

City Government--General

County Government--General

Electronic Information Systems

Open Records

Political Subdivisions

State Agencies, Boards & Commissions

EMAIL & ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS

ATTORNEY GENERAL

Text

The text as introduced · 181 words

By: Middleton
S.B. No. 2711

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the public information law.

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

SECTION 1. Section 552.234, Government Code, is amended by

adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows:

(e) On or before October 1 of each year, a governmental body

subject to the requirements of this Chapter must notify the

attorney general of the mailing address and electronic mail address

designated by the governmental body for receiving written requests

for public information.

(f) The attorney general shall create and maintain on its

public Internet website a publicly accessible database of the

mailing address and electronic mail address provided by each

governmental body under subsection (e) for receiving written

requests for public information.

Section 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a

vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.