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1	1	89R3980 PRL-D
2	2	By: Smithee H.B. No. 1945
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the confidentiality of a public or private school
10	10	employee's home address information in property tax appraisal
11	11	records.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Section 25.025(a), Tax Code, as amended by
14	14	Chapters 76 (S.B. 617), 152 (S.B. 870), 430 (H.B. 1911), 765 (H.B.
15	15	4504), and 937 (S.B. 1525), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular
16	16	Session, 2023, is reenacted and amended to read as follows:
17	17	(a) This section applies only to:
18	18	(1) a current or former peace officer as defined by
19	19	Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure, and the spouse or
20	20	surviving spouse of the peace officer;
21	21	(2) the adult child of a current peace officer as
22	22	defined by Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure;
23	23	(3) a current or honorably retired county jailer as
24	24	defined by Section 1701.001, Occupations Code;
25	25	(4) an employee of the Texas Department of Criminal
26	26	Justice;
27	27	(5) a commissioned security officer as defined by
28	28	Section 1702.002, Occupations Code;
29	29	(6) an individual who shows that the individual, the
30	30	individual's child, or another person in the individual's household
31	31	is a victim of family violence as defined by Section 71.004, Family
32	32	Code, by providing:
33	33	(A) a copy of a protective order issued under
34	34	Chapter 85, Family Code, or a magistrate's order for emergency
35	35	protection issued under Article 17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure;
36	36	or
37	37	(B) other independent documentary evidence
38	38	necessary to show that the individual, the individual's child, or
39	39	another person in the individual's household is a victim of family
40	40	violence;
41	41	(7) an individual who shows that the individual, the
42	42	individual's child, or another person in the individual's household
43	43	is a victim of sexual assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking of
44	44	persons by providing:
45	45	(A) a copy of a protective order issued under
46	46	Subchapter A or B, Chapter 7B, Code of Criminal Procedure, or a
47	47	magistrate's order for emergency protection issued under Article
48	48	17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure; or
49	49	(B) other independent documentary evidence
50	50	necessary to show that the individual, the individual's child, or
51	51	another person in the individual's household is a victim of sexual
52	52	assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking of persons;
53	53	(8) a participant in the address confidentiality
54	54	program administered by the attorney general under Subchapter B,
55	55	Chapter 58, Code of Criminal Procedure, who provides proof of
56	56	certification under Article 58.059, Code of Criminal Procedure;
57	57	(9) a federal judge, a federal bankruptcy judge, a
58	58	marshal of the United States Marshals Service, a state judge, or a
59	59	family member of a federal judge, a federal bankruptcy judge, a
60	60	marshal of the United States Marshals Service, or a state judge;
61	61	(10) a current or former district attorney, criminal
62	62	district attorney, or county or municipal attorney whose
63	63	jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child protective services
64	64	matters;
65	65	(11) a current or former employee of a district
66	66	attorney, criminal district attorney, or county or municipal
67	67	attorney whose jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child
68	68	protective services matters;
69	69	(12) an officer or employee of a community supervision
70	70	and corrections department established under Chapter 76,
71	71	Government Code, who performs a duty described by Section 76.004(b)
72	72	of that code;
73	73	(13) a criminal investigator of the United States as
74	74	described by Article 2A.002(a), Code of Criminal Procedure;
75	75	(14) a current or honorably retired police officer or
76	76	inspector of the United States Federal Protective Service;
77	77	(15) a current or former United States attorney,
78	78	assistant United States attorney, federal public defender, deputy
79	79	federal public defender, or assistant federal public defender and
80	80	the spouse and child of the attorney or public defender;
81	81	(16) a current or former employee of the office of the
82	82	attorney general who is or was assigned to a division of that office
83	83	the duties of which involve law enforcement or are performed under
84	84	Chapter 231, Family Code;
85	85	(17) a medical examiner or person who performs
86	86	forensic analysis or testing who is employed by this state or one or
87	87	more political subdivisions of this state;
88	88	(18) a current or former member of the United States
89	89	armed forces who has served in an area that the president of the
90	90	United States by executive order designates for purposes of 26
91	91	U.S.C. Section 112 as an area in which armed forces of the United
92	92	States are or have engaged in combat;
93	93	(19) a current or former employee of the Texas
94	94	Juvenile Justice Department or of the predecessors in function of
95	95	the department;
96	96	(20) a current or former juvenile probation or
97	97	supervision officer certified by the Texas Juvenile Justice
98	98	Department, or the predecessors in function of the department,
99	99	under Title 12, Human Resources Code;
100	100	(21) a current or former employee of a juvenile
101	101	justice program or facility, as those terms are defined by Section
102	102	261.405, Family Code;
103	103	(22) a current or former employee of the Texas Civil
104	104	Commitment Office or the predecessor in function of the office or a
105	105	division of the office;
106	106	(23) a current or former employee of a federal judge or
107	107	state judge;
108	108	(24) a current or former child protective services
109	109	caseworker, adult protective services caseworker, or investigator
110	110	for the Department of Family and Protective Services or a current or
111	111	former employee of a department contractor performing child
112	112	protective services caseworker, adult protective services
113	113	caseworker, or investigator functions for the contractor on behalf
114	114	of the department;
115	115	(25) an elected public officer;
116	116	(26) a firefighter or volunteer firefighter or
117	117	emergency medical services personnel as defined by Section 773.003,
118	118	Health and Safety Code;
119	119	(27) a customs and border protection officer or border
120	120	patrol agent of United States Customs and Border Protection or the
121	121	spouse, surviving spouse, or adult child of a customs and border
122	122	protection officer or border patrol agent;
123	123	(28) [(27) a current or former attorney for the
124	124	Department of Family and Protective Services
125	125	[(27)] a current or former employee or contract staff
126	126	member of a university health care provider at a corrections
127	127	facility operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or
128	128	the Texas Juvenile Justice Department; [and]
129	129	(29) [(28)] a current or former attorney for the
130	130	Department of Family and Protective Services; and
131	131	(30) an employee of a school district or of an
132	132	open-enrollment charter school or private school as defined by
133	133	Section 5.001, Education Code.
134	134	SECTION 2. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
135	135	over another Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025,
136	136	relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
137	137	codes.
138	138	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
139	139	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
140	140	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
141	141	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
142	142	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.