H.B. No. 30
AN ACT
relating to access to certain law enforcement, corrections, and
prosecutorial records under the public information law.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 552.108, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) The exception to disclosure provided by Subsection
(a)(2) does not apply to information, records, or notations if:
(1) a person who is described by or depicted in the
information, record, or notation, other than a peace officer, is
deceased or incapacitated; or
(2) each person who is described by or depicted in the
information, record, or notation, other than a person who is
deceased or incapacitated, consents to the release of the
information, record, or notation.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a request for public information received by a governmental body
or an officer for public information on or after the effective date
of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 30 was passed by the House on May 5,
2023, by the following vote: Yeas 118, Nays 24, 2 present, not
voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
H.B. No. 30 on May 23, 2023, and requested the appointment of a
conference committee to consider the differences between the two
houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
on H.B. No. 30 on May 28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 125,
Nays 15, 2 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 30 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 22, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
30 on May 28, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor