H.B. No. 4003
AN ACT
relating to the redaction of personally identifiable information of
victims from juvenile court records.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 58, Family Code, is
amended by adding Section 58.004 to read as follows:
Sec. 58.004. REDACTION OF VICTIM'S PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE
INFORMATION. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, before disclosing
any juvenile court record or file of a child as authorized by this
chapter or other law, the custodian of the record or file must
redact any personally identifiable information about a victim of
the child's delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for
supervision who was under 18 years of age on the date the conduct
occurred.
(b) This section does not apply to information that is:
(1) necessary for an agency to provide services to the
victim;
(2) necessary for law enforcement purposes; or
(3) shared within the statewide juvenile information
and case management system established under Subchapter E.
SECTION 2. This Act applies to information and documents
relating to juvenile court cases without regard to whether the
conduct that is the basis of the case occurred before, on, or after
the effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4003 was passed by the House on May 5,
2015, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 4003 on May 23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 128, Nays 0,
1 present, not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4003 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor