89R9348 GP-D
By: Hughes S.B. No. 1223
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a prohibition on the collection by a state agency of
biometric information from an applicant for an occupational
license.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 57, Occupations Code, is amended by
adding Subchapter D to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER D. COLLECTION OF BIOMETRIC INFORMATION
Sec. 57.151. COLLECTION OF BIOMETRIC INFORMATION
PROHIBITED. A state agency may not collect biometric information,
including fingerprints, from an applicant for a license unless
collection of the information is authorized by another provision of
law.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.