88R6170 SGM-F
By: Hunter H.B. No. 2309
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the availability of dates of birth under the public
information law.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 552, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 552.0223 to read as follows:
Sec. 552.0223. DATES OF BIRTH AVAILABLE IN CERTAIN RECORDS.
Notwithstanding Section 552.101 or any other law, a person's date
of birth is not confidential and may not be withheld under this
chapter if that information is contained in:
(1) a candidate's application for a place on the ballot
that is required by the Election Code; or
(2) corrections or prosecutorial information,
including information regarding an arrest, charge, indictment,
conviction, order of deferred adjudication, or inmate record.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a request for information that is received by a governmental body
or an officer for public information on or after the effective date
of this Act. A request for information that was received before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
date 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, 2023.