Texas · House Bill 4516 · 89th Legislature, Regular Session

Relating to prohibiting the use of Chinese technology to collect, process, transfer, or store biometric, genetic, or medical data; creating a…

HB 4516 Sponsored by Ryan Guillen Died in committee

  1. Introduced Mar 12, 2025
  2. In committee Apr 3, 2025
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Relating to prohibiting the use of Chinese technology to collect, process, transfer, or store biometric, genetic, or medical data; creating a criminal offense.

Every action

3 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. HouseFiled
  2. HouseRead first time
  3. CommitteeReferred to State Affairs · House State Affairs

Roll calls

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Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Texas's official records (ftp.legis.state.tx.us), checked Nov 1, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.