H.B. No. 125
AN ACT
relating to the online publication of home addresses of certain
occupational license holders.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 403, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 403.053 to read as follows:
Sec. 403.053. PUBLISHING LICENSE HOLDER HOME ADDRESS
PROHIBITED. (a) The department may not include the home address of
a person licensed under this chapter in a roster, registry, or other
database the department publishes on the department's Internet
website unless the person requests that the person's home address
appear in the roster, registry, or other database on the website. A
request under this subsection must be made in the manner prescribed
by the department.
(b) The home address of a person licensed under this chapter
that is included in a roster, registry, or other database the
department maintains is public information and is not excepted from
required disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
SECTION 2. Section 503.207, Occupations Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows:
(c) The board may not include the home address of a person
licensed under this chapter in a registry the board publishes on the
board's Internet website unless the person requests that the
person's home address appear in the registry on the website. A
request under this subsection must be made in the manner prescribed
by the board.
(d) The home address of a person licensed under this chapter
that is included in the registry the board prepares under this
section is public information and is not excepted from required
disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
SECTION 3. Section 504.055, Occupations Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows:
(e) The department may not include the home address of a
person licensed by the department in a roster the department
publishes on the department's Internet website unless the person
requests that the person's home address appear in the roster on the
website. A request under this subsection must be made in the manner
prescribed by the department.
(f) The home address of a person licensed under this chapter
that is included in a roster the department prepares under this
section is public information and is not excepted from required
disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.
SECTION 4. Section 505.205, Occupations Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
(d) The board may not include the home address of a person
licensed under this chapter in a roster the board publishes on the
board's Internet website unless the person requests that the
person's home address appear in the roster on the website. A
request under this subsection must be made in the manner prescribed
by the board.
(e) The home address of a person licensed under this chapter
that is included in the roster the board prepares under this section
is public information and is not excepted from required disclosure
under Chapter 552, Government Code.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 125 was passed by the House on March
21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 125 was passed by the Senate on May 8,
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor