H.B. No. 998         AN ACT   relating to the confidentiality of certain information stored as   part of the preparation of campaign finance reports required to be   filed with the clerk of certain counties or municipalities.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 254.0401, Election Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:          (g)  Electronic report data saved in a temporary storage   location of the authority with whom the report is filed for later   retrieval and editing before the report is filed is confidential   and may not be disclosed. After the report is filed with the   authority, the information disclosed in the filed report is public   information to the extent provided by this title.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 998 was passed by the House on May 6,   2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 998 was passed by the Senate on May   19, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor