Texas 2015 84th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2160 House Committee Report / Bill

Filed 02/02/2025

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                    84R25896 GRM-D
 By: Paul H.B. No. 2160
 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2160:
 By:  Goldman C.S.H.B. No. 2160


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the release of election judges' and clerks' contact
 information.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 32, Election Code, is
 amended by adding Section 32.076 to read as follows:
 Sec. 32.076.  DISCLOSURE OF E-MAIL ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER
 RESTRICTED. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an e-mail
 address or personal phone number of an election judge or clerk
 collected or maintained by the authority conducting the election is
 confidential and does not constitute public information for
 purposes of Chapter 552, Government Code.
 (b)  An e-mail address or phone number described by
 Subsection (a) shall be made available on request to:
 (1)  any entity eligible to submit lists of election
 judges or clerks for that election; or
 (2)  the state executive committee of a political party
 with a county chair eligible to submit lists of election judges or
 clerks for that election.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.