By: Bumgarner (Senate Sponsor - Hancock) H.B. No. 4615
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 24, 2023;
April 24, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on
Veteran Affairs; May 10, 2023, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 10, 2023, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE VOTE
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HancockX
ParkerX
BlancoX
EckhardtX
GutierrezX
HallX
SparksX
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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.
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