85R8644 BEF-F
By: Elkins H.B. No. 1861
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the confidentiality of certain information related to a
computer security incident.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 552.139(b), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) The following information is confidential:
(1) a computer network vulnerability report;
(2) any other assessment of the extent to which data
processing operations, a computer, a computer program, network,
system, or system interface, or software of a governmental body or
of a contractor of a governmental body is vulnerable to
unauthorized access or harm, including an assessment of the extent
to which the governmental body's or contractor's electronically
stored information containing sensitive or critical information is
vulnerable to alteration, damage, erasure, or inappropriate use;
[and]
(3) a photocopy or other copy of an identification
badge issued to an official or employee of a governmental body; and
(4) information collected, assembled, or maintained
by or for a governmental body to prevent, detect, or investigate a
computer security incident, including a breach of system security
as defined by Section 521.053, Business & Commerce Code.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a request for public information received on or after the
effective date of this Act. A request received before the effective
date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the request
was received, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.