H.B. No. 4615
AN ACT
relating to the confidentiality of certain information concerning
service members of the state military forces.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 437.232(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) In this section, "military personnel information" means
a service member's name, Department of Defense identification
number, home address, rank, official title, pay rate or grade,
state active duty orders, deployment locations, military duty
addresses, awards and decorations, length of military service, and
medical records.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply 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 September 1, 2023.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4615 was passed by the House on April
20, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 4615 was passed by the Senate on May
17, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor