89R1182 MCK-D
By: Cook H.B. No. 1893
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the disclosure under the public information law of a
motor vehicle license plate number captured in a video recording
obtained or maintained by a law enforcement agency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 552.130, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) The license plate number of a motor vehicle captured
visually or audibly in a video recording obtained or maintained by a
law enforcement agency is not confidential under this section or
Chapter 730, Transportation Code, and may be included in a video
recording disclosed under Section 552.021. This subsection does
not preclude a law enforcement agency from asserting other
exceptions to the disclosure of the information under this chapter.
SECTION 2. Section 730.007, Transportation Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
(h) A law enforcement agency may release a video recording
obtained or maintained by the law enforcement agency that includes
the license plate number of a motor vehicle captured visually or
audibly in the video in response to a request for public information
under Chapter 552, Government Code. The law enforcement agency is
not required to redact any license plate numbers before releasing
the video.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.