# Texas SB 2587: Relating to the access to and use of certain criminal history record information, to the procedure for obtaining that information, and to the correct terminology for certain licenses the issuance of which requires a criminal history background check. Texas SB 2587, Relating to the access to and use of certain criminal history record information, to the procedure for obtaining that information, and to the correct terminology for certain licenses the issuance of which requires a criminal history background check., is a 89th Legislature Regular Session Senate bill sponsored by Ryan Guillen, Judith Zaffirini (Democratic); status signed, last action 2025-06-20 (Effective on 9/1/25) (as of 2026-10-19). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TX-SB2587-89R - As of: 2026-10-19 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Texas SB 2587 - State: Texas - Session: 89th Legislature Regular Session - Title: Relating to the access to and use of certain criminal history record information, to the procedure for obtaining that information, and to the correct terminology for certain licenses the issuance of which requires a criminal history background check. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-03-13 - Last action: 2025-06-20, Effective on 9/1/25 - Sponsors: Ryan Guillen, Judith Zaffirini (Democratic) - Cosponsors: 0 - Subjects: Courts--Personnel, Environment--Solid Waste, Environment--Water, Health Care Providers, Human Services--Medical Assistance, Insurance--Insurers & Agents, Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions, Protection of Personal Information, Utilities--Water & Sewer, CRIMINAL RECORDS, FIRE SAFETY & PREVENTION, GUARDIANS & WARDS, IRRIGATION & IRRIGATORS, STORAGE TANKS, ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS, STATE OFFICE OF, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, TEXAS, CONSUMER CREDIT COMMISSIONER, OFFICE OF, MEDICAL BOARD, TEXAS, PHARMACY, TEXAS STATE BOARD OF - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 9 (610 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 16 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Access to your own FBI records: benefit, low. Beginning September 1, 2025, the Texas consumer credit commissioner can share certain FBI criminal-history records with their subject. This exception applies to records obtained under the law's specified FBI-record authority. It does not allow general public access. - Pharmacy workers face new fingerprint rules: cost, low. Beginning September 1, 2025, pharmacy board checks cover listed credential applicants, holders, eligibility-review applicants, board workers, and pharmacy leaders. Covered Class A–E pharmacy leaders include partners, officers, directors, managing employees, owners, and people controlling owners. Th… - Broader screening for health agency applicants: cost, low. Beginning September 1, 2025, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission can screen more job, volunteer, and contract applicants. The authority covers people required to be fingerprinted whose work gives access to sensitive personal or financial information. The executive commissioner decides wh… - Vehicle business leaders face record checks: cost, low. Beginning September 1, 2025, Texas motor vehicle officials can check listed leaders of businesses seeking or holding vehicle credentials. Covered roles include owners, officers, directors, members, managers, principals, partners, trustees, and trust beneficiaries. Officials can also check an employ… - Record checks for environmental license applicants: cost, low. Beginning September 1, 2025, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality can check applicants for listed environmental credentials. These include water supply, backflow testing, customer service inspection, solid waste supervision, sewage, irrigation, water treatment, and wastewater credentials.… - Broader checks for fire safety workers: cost, low. Beginning September 1, 2025, the Texas state fire marshal can check applicants and holders of listed fire safety credentials. These cover fire extinguishers, fire alarms, sprinkler systems, pyrotechnics, and flame effects. Listed technician, superintendent, and operator credentials are included. Th… - Broader checks for insurance license holders: cost, low. Beginning September 1, 2025, the Texas Department of Insurance has broader access to criminal-history records for specified credentials. Checks cover applicants, credential holders, and listed people associated with regulated businesses. They also cover officers and directors of companies seeking o… - Broader checks for public benefit providers: cost, low. Beginning September 1, 2025, Texas health officials and their inspector general can check providers across commission-run public benefit programs. This extends screening beyond medical assistance providers to current and prospective providers. Checks cover owners with at least 5% direct, indirect,… - Medical board expands checks and disclosures: cost, low. Beginning September 1, 2025, the Texas Medical Board can check criminal records for job applicants and current employees. The board can also disclose a specified category of criminal-history records during hearings. These include hearings before the board, its advisory boards, or the State Office o… - Broader checks for manufactured housing businesses: cost, low. Beginning September 1, 2025, the state housing agency's manufactured housing division can check listed license applicants and holders. Covered licenses include manufacturers, retailers, brokers, installers, and salespeople. Checks also cover their owners, officers, related people, and managers. Thi… - Guardianship cases require broader background checks: mixed, low. Beginning September 1, 2025, clerks must check proposed guardians, including temporary and successor guardians; attorneys and certified guardians are exempt. Checks also cover people caring for the person under guardianship or their estate on a guardian's behalf. Exceptions apply to certified guard… - Professional guardians must report caregiver changes: mixed, low. Beginning September 1, 2025, attorney and certified guardians must report changes to designated caregivers or their contact information. Notice is due within 30 days after the change. Replacement-caregiver notices must include the person's name, address, phone number, and birth date, if applicable.… - New ID rules for record requests: mixed, low. Beginning September 1, 2025, covered criminal-history requests require the subject's full name, birth date, sex, and unexpired photo ID number. The ID must come from a state, the District of Columbia, or a U.S. territory. These requests no longer require a Social Security number. Separate Departmen… - Hospital checks drop Social Security numbers: mixed, low. Beginning September 1, 2025, public and nonprofit hospitals and hospital districts must adopt a uniform criminal-record screening method. For covered people, they can require a complete name, driver's license number, or fingerprints. The law removes the listed authority to require a Social Security… - Qualified organizations gain worker screening access: mixed, low. Beginning September 1, 2025, Texas public safety officials can give qualified organizations state and national criminal-history records. The organizations must qualify for access under the National Child Protection Act of 1993. Records can cover their employees and contractors. Releases must follow… - Behavioral health council joins screening system: mixed, low. Beginning September 1, 2025, the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council joins the agency list covered by specified criminal-history rules. The law removes the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists from that list. This updates which agency is covered; it does not specify a new individua… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Ryan Guillen, House - Sponsor: Judith Zaffirini (Democratic), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-05-30 | Senate | Record vote | pass | 31 | 0 | | | 2025-05-28 | House | Record vote | pass | 139 | 0 | | | 2025-05-27 | House | Record vote | pass | 141 | 0 | | | 2025-05-27 | House | Record vote | pass | 139 | 0 | | | 2025-05-27 | House | Record vote | pass | 143 | 0 | | | 2025-05-08 | Senate | Record vote | pass | | | | | 2025-05-08 | Senate | Record vote | pass | | | | | | House | Committee vote: Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs | pass | 6 | 0 | | | | Senate | Committee vote: Business & Commerce | pass | 11 | 0 | | ## Actions (56) - 2025-06-20: Effective on 9/1/25 (House) - 2025-06-20: Signed by the Governor (House) - 2025-06-03: Sent to the Governor (House) - 2025-06-02: Signed in the House (House) - 2025-06-02: Signed in the Senate (Senate) - 2025-06-01: Reported enrolled (Senate) - 2025-05-31: Senate concurs in House amendment(s)-reported (House) - 2025-05-30: Record vote (Senate) - 2025-05-30: Senate concurs in House amendment(s) (Senate) - 2025-05-30: Read (Senate) - 2025-05-30: House amendment(s) laid before the Senate (Senate) - 2025-05-28: House passage as amended reported (Senate) - 2025-05-28: Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal (House) - 2025-05-28: Record vote (RV#3849) (House) - 2025-05-28: Passed (House) - 2025-05-28: Read 3rd time (House) - 2025-05-27: Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal (House) - 2025-05-27: Record vote (RV#3717) (House) - 2025-05-27: Passed to 3rd reading as amended (House) - 2025-05-27: Record vote (RV#3716) (House) - 2025-05-27: Amended (2-Hayes) (House) - 2025-05-27: Record vote (RV#3715) (House) - 2025-05-27: Amended (1-Guillen) (House) - 2025-05-27: Read 2nd time (House) - 2025-05-24: Placed on General State Calendar (House) - 2025-05-22: Considered in Calendars (House) - 2025-05-20: Committee report sent to Calendars (House) - 2025-05-19: Committee report distributed (House) - 2025-05-19: Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator (House) - 2025-05-14: Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) (House) - 2025-05-14: Considered in public hearing (House) - 2025-05-10: Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs (House) - 2025-05-10: Read first time (House) - 2025-05-08: Received from the Senate (House) - 2025-05-08: Reported engrossed (Senate) - 2025-05-08: Record vote (Senate) - 2025-05-08: Passed (Senate) - 2025-05-08: Read 3rd time (Senate) - 2025-05-08: Record vote (Senate) - 2025-05-08: Three day rule suspended (Senate) - 2025-05-08: Vote recorded in Journal (Senate) - 2025-05-08: Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment (Senate) - 2025-05-08: Rules suspended-Regular order of business (Senate) - 2025-05-07: Placed on intent calendar (Senate) - 2025-05-05: Committee report printed and distributed (Senate) - 2025-05-05: Recommended for local & uncontested calendar (Senate) - 2025-05-05: Reported favorably as substituted (Senate) - 2025-05-01: Vote taken in committee (Senate) - 2025-05-01: Considered in public hearing (Senate) - 2025-04-22: Left pending in committee (Senate) - 2025-04-22: Considered in public hearing (Senate) - 2025-04-22: Scheduled for public hearing on . . . (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Referred to Business & Commerce (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Read first time (Senate) - 2025-03-13: Filed (Senate) - 2025-03-13: Received by the Secretary of the Senate (Senate) ## Bill text - Engrossed: [HTML](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02587E.HTM), [PDF](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/pdf/SB02587E.PDF) - Enrolled: [HTML](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02587F.HTM), [PDF](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/pdf/SB02587F.PDF) - House Committee Report: [HTML](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02587H.HTM), [PDF](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/pdf/SB02587H.PDF) - Introduced: [HTML](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02587I.HTM), [PDF](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/pdf/SB02587I.PDF) - Senate Committee Report: [HTML](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02587S.HTM), [PDF](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/pdf/SB02587S.PDF) ## Related bills - SB 2111: Relating to legal representation of indigent persons in this state and to proceedings before a magistrate including the appointment of counsel for an indigent… (vetoed) - SB 1838: Relating to the appointment of attorneys ad litem and the compensation of certain attorneys ad litem in suits affecting the parent-child relationship filed by… (vetoed) - SB 3: Relating to the regulation of products derived from hemp, including consumable hemp products and the hemp-derived cannabinoids contained in those products; req… (vetoed) - SB 2878: Relating to the operation and administration of and practices and procedures related to proceedings in the judicial branch of state government, including court… (vetoed) - SB 646: Relating to repayment of certain mental health professional education loans. 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(became law) ## Sources - [Engrossed (HTML)](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02587E.HTM) - [Engrossed (PDF)](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/pdf/SB02587E.PDF) - [Enrolled (HTML)](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02587F.HTM) - [Enrolled (PDF)](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/pdf/SB02587F.PDF) - [House Committee Report (HTML)](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02587H.HTM) - [House Committee Report (PDF)](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/pdf/SB02587H.PDF) - [Introduced (HTML)](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02587I.HTM) - [Introduced (PDF)](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/pdf/SB02587I.PDF) - [Senate Committee Report (HTML)](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02587S.HTM) - [Senate Committee Report (PDF)](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/pdf/SB02587S.PDF) ## Related - [SB 2111: Relating to legal representation of indigent persons in this state and to proce…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TX-SB2111-89R) - [SB 1838: Relating to the appointment of attorneys ad litem and the compensation of certa…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TX-SB1838-89R) - [SB 3: Relating to the regulation of products derived from hemp, including consumable…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TX-SB3-89R) - [SB 2878: Relating to the operation and administration of and practices and procedures re…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TX-SB2878-89R) - [SB 646: Relating to repayment of certain mental health professional education loans.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TX-SB646-89R) - [HB 4325: Relating to civil liability for prohibited barratry.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TX-HB4325-89R) - [Texas bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/texas/bills) - [Texas state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/texas) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TX-SB2587-89R (as of 2026-10-19).