89R14587 LRM-D
By: Bettencourt S.B. No. 1540
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to maintaining the confidentiality of the personal
information of election officials and their employees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 552.1175(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) This section applies only to:
(1) current or honorably retired peace officers as
defined by Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure, or special
investigators as described by Article 2A.002, Code of Criminal
Procedure;
(2) current or honorably retired county jailers as
defined by Section 1701.001, Occupations Code;
(3) current or former employees of the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice or of the predecessor in function of
the department or any division of the department;
(4) commissioned security officers as defined by
Section 1702.002, Occupations Code;
(5) a current or former district attorney, criminal
district attorney, or county or municipal attorney whose
jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child protective services
matters;
(5-a) a current or former employee of a district
attorney, criminal district attorney, or county or municipal
attorney whose jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child
protective services matters;
(6) officers and employees of a community supervision
and corrections department established under Chapter 76 who perform
a duty described by Section 76.004(b);
(7) criminal investigators of the United States as
described by Article 2A.002(a), Code of Criminal Procedure;
(8) current or honorably retired police officers and
inspectors of the United States Federal Protective Service;
(9) current and former employees of the office of the
attorney general who are or were assigned to a division of that
office the duties of which involve law enforcement or are performed
under Chapter 231, Family Code;
(10) current or former juvenile probation and
detention officers certified by the Texas Juvenile Justice
Department, or the predecessors in function of the department,
under Title 12, Human Resources Code;
(11) current or former employees of a juvenile justice
program or facility, as those terms are defined by Section 261.405,
Family Code;
(12) current or former employees of the Texas Juvenile
Justice Department or the predecessors in function of the
department;
(13) federal judges and state judges as defined by
Section 1.005, Election Code;
(14) current or former employees of the Texas Civil
Commitment Office or of the predecessor in function of the office or
a division of the office;
(15) a current or former member of the United States
Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, or Marine Corps, an auxiliary
service of one of those branches of the armed forces, or the Texas
military forces, as that term is defined by Section 437.001;
(16) a current or former child protective services
caseworker, adult protective services caseworker, or investigator
for the Department of Family and Protective Services or a current or
former employee of a department contractor performing child
protective services caseworker, adult protective services
caseworker, or investigator functions for the contractor on behalf
of the department;
(17) an elected public officer;
(18) a firefighter or volunteer firefighter or
emergency medical services personnel as defined by Section 773.003,
Health and Safety Code; [and]
(19) a current or former United States attorney,
assistant United States attorney, federal public defender, deputy
federal public defender, or assistant federal public defender; or
(20) a current or former election official, as defined
by Section 1.005, Election Code, or employee, volunteer, or
designee of an election official, or an employee of the secretary of
state's office who performs duties relating to elections.
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 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, 2025.