AUSTIN (April 28, 2009)--A long-debated journalistic shield law won Senate approval Tuesday, leaving the governor's signature as the final test after the House signs off on some minor changes in the legislation.

The Texas Senate unanimously voted to give reporters limited protections from revealing confidential sources, notes and tapes in court.

The House has also unanimously passed the legislation.

The Senate made some minor changes to language in the bill that the House must sign off on before it can go to Gov. Rick Perry.

This is the third consecutive session some version of the so-called Free Flow of Information Act has been proposed. In 2007

it reached the House with Senate approval, but died on a technical point.