85R6630 TJB-D
By: Hunter H.B. No. 3640
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the confidentiality of an emergency call.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 552, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 552.157 to read as follows:
Sec. 552.157. EXCEPTION: CONFIDENTIALITY OF CONTENT OF
EMERGENCY CALL. (a) A recording or transcript of an emergency call
made to a public safety agency or a public safety answering point,
as those terms are defined by Section 772.001, Health and Safety
Code, is confidential.
(b) Information that is confidential under this section may
be disclosed only with the express consent of the person who placed
the emergency call or of a legal representative of the person.
SECTION 2. 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.