84R4317 ADM-D
By: Taylor of Collin S.B. No. 1265
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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. 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, unless the information is necessary for an agency to
provide services to the victim or for law enforcement purposes.
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.