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2	2	By: Creighton S.B. No. 1749
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the confidentiality of certain information for
10	10	employees of a county, a court, or the Office of Court
11	11	Administration of the Texas Judicial System and the employees'
12	12	family members.
13	13	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14	14	SECTION 1. The heading to Section 13.0021, Election Code,
15	15	is amended to read as follows:
16	16	Sec. 13.0021. ADDITIONAL REGISTRATION INFORMATION FROM
17	17	CERTAIN FEDERAL AND STATE JUDGES, FEDERAL OFFICIALS, CLERKS,
18	18	GOVERNMENTAL EMPLOYEES, AND FAMILY MEMBERS.
19	19	SECTION 2. Section 13.0021(b), Election Code, is amended to
20	20	read as follows:
21	21	(b) The registrar of the county shall omit from the
22	22	registration list the residence address for a [If the] registration
23	23	applicant who is:
24	24	(1) a federal judge, including a federal bankruptcy
25	25	judge;
26	26	(2) [,] a state judge;
27	27	(3) [,] a marshal of the United States Marshals
28	28	Service;
29	29	(4) [,] a United States attorney;
30	30	(5) a current or former county clerk, district clerk,
31	31	or county and district clerk, or a current or former employee of the
32	32	office of a county clerk, district clerk, or county and district
33	33	clerk;
34	34	(6) a current or former employee whose duties relate
35	35	to court administration, including a court clerk, court
36	36	coordinator, court administrator, law clerk, or staff attorney;
37	37	(7) a current or former employee of the Office of Court
38	38	Administration of the Texas Judicial System and entities
39	39	administratively attached to the office;[,] or
40	40	(8) a family member of a person listed in Subdivisions
41	41	(1)-(7) [state judge, a federal judge, including a federal
42	42	bankruptcy judge, a marshal of the United States Marshals Service,
43	43	or a United States attorney, the registrar of the county shall omit
44	44	the applicant's residence address from the registration list].
45	45	SECTION 3. Section 72.016, Government Code, is amended to
46	46	read as follows:
47	47	Sec. 72.016. NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE FOR JUDICIAL PRIVACY.
48	48	The director shall develop a procedure to regularly notify county
49	49	registrars, the Department of Public Safety, the Texas Ethics
50	50	Commission, and any other state or local government agency the
51	51	office determines should be notified of the judges, judges'
52	52	spouses, employees of the Office of Court Administration of the
53	53	Texas Judicial System and entities administratively attached to the
54	54	office, and related family members whose personal information must
55	55	be kept from public records, as provided under Sections 552.117 and
56	56	572.035 of this code, Sections 13.0021 and 15.0215, Election Code,
57	57	Section 25.025, Tax Code, and Section 521.121, Transportation Code.
58	58	SECTION 4. Section 552.117, Government Code, is amended by
59	59	amending Subsections (a) and (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to
60	60	read as follows:
61	61	(a) Information is excepted from the requirements of
62	62	Section 552.021 if it is information that relates to the home
63	63	address, home telephone number, emergency contact information, or
64	64	social security number of the following person or that reveals
65	65	whether the person has family members:
66	66	(1) a current or former official or employee of a
67	67	governmental body, except as otherwise provided by Section 552.024;
68	68	(2) a current or honorably retired peace officer as
69	69	defined by Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure, or a current
70	70	or honorably retired security officer commissioned under Section
71	71	51.212, Education Code, regardless of whether the officer complies
72	72	with Section 552.024 or 552.1175, as applicable;
73	73	(3) a current or former employee of the Texas
74	74	Department of Criminal Justice or of the predecessor in function of
75	75	the department or any division of the department, regardless of
76	76	whether the current or former employee complies with Section
77	77	552.1175;
78	78	(4) a peace officer as defined by Article 2A.001, Code
79	79	of Criminal Procedure, or other law, a reserve law enforcement
80	80	officer, a commissioned deputy game warden, or a corrections
81	81	officer in a municipal, county, or state penal institution in this
82	82	state who was killed in the line of duty, regardless of whether the
83	83	deceased complied with Section 552.024 or 552.1175;
84	84	(5) a commissioned security officer as defined by
85	85	Section 1702.002, Occupations Code, regardless of whether the
86	86	officer complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175, as applicable;
87	87	(6) an officer or employee of a community supervision
88	88	and corrections department established under Chapter 76 who
89	89	performs a duty described by Section 76.004(b), regardless of
90	90	whether the officer or employee complies with Section 552.024 or
91	91	552.1175;
92	92	(7) a current or former employee of the office of the
93	93	attorney general who is or was assigned to a division of that office
94	94	the duties of which involve law enforcement or are performed under
95	95	Chapter 231, Family Code, regardless of whether the current or
96	96	former employee complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175;
97	97	(8) a current or former employee of the Texas Juvenile
98	98	Justice Department or of the predecessors in function of the
99	99	department, regardless of whether the current or former employee
100	100	complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175;
101	101	(9) a current or former juvenile probation or
102	102	supervision officer certified by the Texas Juvenile Justice
103	103	Department, or the predecessors in function of the department,
104	104	under Title 12, Human Resources Code, regardless of whether the
105	105	current or former officer complies with Section 552.024 or
106	106	552.1175;
107	107	(10) a current or former employee of a juvenile
108	108	justice program or facility, as those terms are defined by Section
109	109	261.405, Family Code, regardless of whether the current or former
110	110	employee complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175;
111	111	(11) a current or former member of the United States
112	112	Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, or Marine Corps, an auxiliary
113	113	service of one of those branches of the armed forces, or the Texas
114	114	military forces, as that term is defined by Section 437.001;
115	115	(12) a current or former district attorney, criminal
116	116	district attorney, or county or municipal attorney whose
117	117	jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child protective services
118	118	matters, regardless of whether the current or former attorney
119	119	complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175;
120	120	(13) a current or former employee of a district
121	121	attorney, criminal district attorney, or county or municipal
122	122	attorney whose jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child
123	123	protective services matters, regardless of whether the current or
124	124	former employee complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175;
125	125	(14) a current or former employee of the Texas Civil
126	126	Commitment Office or of the predecessor in function of the office or
127	127	a division of the office, regardless of whether the current or
128	128	former employee complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175;
129	129	(15) a current or former federal judge or state judge,
130	130	as those terms are defined by Section 1.005, Election Code, a
131	131	federal bankruptcy judge, a marshal of the United States Marshals
132	132	Service, a United States attorney, or a family member of a current
133	133	or former federal judge, including a federal bankruptcy judge, a
134	134	marshal of the United States Marshals Service, a United States
135	135	attorney, or a state judge;
136	136	(16) a current or former child protective services
137	137	caseworker, adult protective services caseworker, or investigator
138	138	for the Department of Family and Protective Services, regardless of
139	139	whether the caseworker or investigator complies with Section
140	140	552.024 or 552.1175, or a current or former employee of a department
141	141	contractor performing child protective services caseworker, adult
142	142	protective services caseworker, or investigator functions for the
143	143	contractor on behalf of the department;
144	144	(17) an elected public officer, regardless of whether
145	145	the officer complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175;
146	146	(18) a current or former United States attorney,
147	147	assistant United States attorney, federal public defender, deputy
148	148	federal public defender, or assistant federal public defender and
149	149	the spouse or child of the current or former attorney or public
150	150	defender, regardless of whether the person complies with Section
151	151	552.024 or 552.1175; [or]
152	152	(19) a firefighter or volunteer firefighter or
153	153	emergency medical services personnel as defined by Section 773.003,
154	154	Health and Safety Code, regardless of whether the firefighter or
155	155	volunteer firefighter or emergency medical services personnel
156	156	comply with Section 552.024 or 552.1175, as applicable;
157	157	(20) a current or former county clerk, district clerk,
158	158	or county and district clerk, or a current or former employee of the
159	159	office of a county clerk, district clerk, or county and district
160	160	clerk, regardless of whether the current or former clerk or
161	161	employee complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175;
162	162	(21) a current or former employee whose duties relate
163	163	to court administration, including a court clerk, court
164	164	coordinator, court administrator, law clerk, or staff attorney,
165	165	regardless of whether the employee complies with Section 552.024 or
166	166	552.1175; or
167	167	(22) a current or former employee of the Office of
168	168	Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System and entities
169	169	administratively attached to the office, regardless of whether the
170	170	employee complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175.
171	171	(b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), all [All]
172	172	documents filed with a county clerk and all documents filed with a
173	173	district clerk are exempt from this section.
174	174	(b-1) A county clerk or district clerk on request of a
175	175	person to whom this section applies shall redact information
176	176	described by Subsection (a) that relates to the person from any
177	177	document the clerk posts on an Internet website.
178	178	SECTION 5. Section 552.1175, Government Code, is amended by
179	179	amending Subsections (a) and (e) and adding Subsection (e-1) to
180	180	read as follows:
181	181	(a) This section applies only to:
182	182	(1) current or honorably retired peace officers as
183	183	defined by Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure, or special
184	184	investigators as described by Article 2A.002, Code of Criminal
185	185	Procedure;
186	186	(2) current or honorably retired county jailers as
187	187	defined by Section 1701.001, Occupations Code;
188	188	(3) current or former employees of the Texas
189	189	Department of Criminal Justice or of the predecessor in function of
190	190	the department or any division of the department;
191	191	(4) commissioned security officers as defined by
192	192	Section 1702.002, Occupations Code;
193	193	(5) a current or former district attorney, criminal
194	194	district attorney, or county or municipal attorney whose
195	195	jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child protective services
196	196	matters;
197	197	(5-a) a current or former employee of a district
198	198	attorney, criminal district attorney, or county or municipal
199	199	attorney whose jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child
200	200	protective services matters;
201	201	(6) officers and employees of a community supervision
202	202	and corrections department established under Chapter 76 who perform
203	203	a duty described by Section 76.004(b);
204	204	(7) criminal investigators of the United States as
205	205	described by Article 2A.002(a), Code of Criminal Procedure;
206	206	(8) current or honorably retired police officers and
207	207	inspectors of the United States Federal Protective Service;
208	208	(9) current and former employees of the office of the
209	209	attorney general who are or were assigned to a division of that
210	210	office the duties of which involve law enforcement or are performed
211	211	under Chapter 231, Family Code;
212	212	(10) current or former juvenile probation and
213	213	detention officers certified by the Texas Juvenile Justice
214	214	Department, or the predecessors in function of the department,
215	215	under Title 12, Human Resources Code;
216	216	(11) current or former employees of a juvenile justice
217	217	program or facility, as those terms are defined by Section 261.405,
218	218	Family Code;
219	219	(12) current or former employees of the Texas Juvenile
220	220	Justice Department or the predecessors in function of the
221	221	department;
222	222	(13) federal judges and state judges as defined by
223	223	Section 1.005, Election Code;
224	224	(14) current or former employees of the Texas Civil
225	225	Commitment Office or of the predecessor in function of the office or
226	226	a division of the office;
227	227	(15) a current or former member of the United States
228	228	Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, or Marine Corps, an auxiliary
229	229	service of one of those branches of the armed forces, or the Texas
230	230	military forces, as that term is defined by Section 437.001;
231	231	(16) a current or former child protective services
232	232	caseworker, adult protective services caseworker, or investigator
233	233	for the Department of Family and Protective Services or a current or
234	234	former employee of a department contractor performing child
235	235	protective services caseworker, adult protective services
236	236	caseworker, or investigator functions for the contractor on behalf
237	237	of the department;
238	238	(17) an elected public officer;
239	239	(18) a firefighter or volunteer firefighter or
240	240	emergency medical services personnel as defined by Section 773.003,
241	241	Health and Safety Code; [and]
242	242	(19) a current or former United States attorney,
243	243	assistant United States attorney, federal public defender, deputy
244	244	federal public defender, or assistant federal public defender;
245	245	(20) a current or former county clerk, district clerk,
246	246	or county and district clerk, or a current or former employee of the
247	247	office of a county clerk, district clerk, or county and district
248	248	clerk;
249	249	(21) a current or former employee whose duties relate
250	250	to court administration, including a court clerk, court
251	251	coordinator, court administrator, law clerk, or staff attorney; and
252	252	(22) a current or former employee of the Office of
253	253	Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System and entities
254	254	administratively attached to the office.
255	255	(e) Except as provided by Subsection (e-1), all [All]
256	256	documents filed with a county clerk and all documents filed with a
257	257	district clerk are exempt from this section.
258	258	(e-1) A county clerk or district clerk on request of a
259	259	person to whom this section applies shall redact information
260	260	described by Subsection (b) that relates to the person from any
261	261	document the clerk posts on an Internet website.
262	262	SECTION 6. Section 25.025(a), Tax Code, as amended by
263	263	Chapters 76 (S.B. 617), 152 (S.B. 870), 430 (H.B. 1911), 765 (H.B.
264	264	4504), and 937 (S.B. 1525), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular
265	265	Session, 2023, is reenacted and further amended to read as follows:
266	266	(a) This section applies only to:
267	267	(1) a current or former peace officer as defined by
268	268	Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure, and the spouse or
269	269	surviving spouse of the peace officer;
270	270	(2) the adult child of a current peace officer as
271	271	defined by Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure;
272	272	(3) a current or honorably retired county jailer as
273	273	defined by Section 1701.001, Occupations Code;
274	274	(4) an employee of the Texas Department of Criminal
275	275	Justice;
276	276	(5) a commissioned security officer as defined by
277	277	Section 1702.002, Occupations Code;
278	278	(6) an individual who shows that the individual, the
279	279	individual's child, or another person in the individual's household
280	280	is a victim of family violence as defined by Section 71.004, Family
281	281	Code, by providing:
282	282	(A) a copy of a protective order issued under
283	283	Chapter 85, Family Code, or a magistrate's order for emergency
284	284	protection issued under Article 17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure;
285	285	or
286	286	(B) other independent documentary evidence
287	287	necessary to show that the individual, the individual's child, or
288	288	another person in the individual's household is a victim of family
289	289	violence;
290	290	(7) an individual who shows that the individual, the
291	291	individual's child, or another person in the individual's household
292	292	is a victim of sexual assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking of
293	293	persons by providing:
294	294	(A) a copy of a protective order issued under
295	295	Subchapter A or B, Chapter 7B, Code of Criminal Procedure, or a
296	296	magistrate's order for emergency protection issued under Article
297	297	17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure; or
298	298	(B) other independent documentary evidence
299	299	necessary to show that the individual, the individual's child, or
300	300	another person in the individual's household is a victim of sexual
301	301	assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking of persons;
302	302	(8) a participant in the address confidentiality
303	303	program administered by the attorney general under Subchapter B,
304	304	Chapter 58, Code of Criminal Procedure, who provides proof of
305	305	certification under Article 58.059, Code of Criminal Procedure;
306	306	(9) a federal judge, a federal bankruptcy judge, a
307	307	marshal of the United States Marshals Service, a state judge, or a
308	308	family member of a federal judge, a federal bankruptcy judge, a
309	309	marshal of the United States Marshals Service, or a state judge;
310	310	(10) a current or former district attorney, criminal
311	311	district attorney, or county or municipal attorney whose
312	312	jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child protective services
313	313	matters;
314	314	(11) a current or former employee of a district
315	315	attorney, criminal district attorney, or county or municipal
316	316	attorney whose jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child
317	317	protective services matters;
318	318	(12) an officer or employee of a community supervision
319	319	and corrections department established under Chapter 76,
320	320	Government Code, who performs a duty described by Section 76.004(b)
321	321	of that code;
322	322	(13) a criminal investigator of the United States as
323	323	described by Article 2A.002(a), Code of Criminal Procedure;
324	324	(14) a current or honorably retired police officer or
325	325	inspector of the United States Federal Protective Service;
326	326	(15) a current or former United States attorney,
327	327	assistant United States attorney, federal public defender, deputy
328	328	federal public defender, or assistant federal public defender and
329	329	the spouse and child of the attorney or public defender;
330	330	(16) a current or former employee of the office of the
331	331	attorney general who is or was assigned to a division of that office
332	332	the duties of which involve law enforcement or are performed under
333	333	Chapter 231, Family Code;
334	334	(17) a medical examiner or person who performs
335	335	forensic analysis or testing who is employed by this state or one or
336	336	more political subdivisions of this state;
337	337	(18) a current or former member of the United States
338	338	armed forces who has served in an area that the president of the
339	339	United States by executive order designates for purposes of 26
340	340	U.S.C. Section 112 as an area in which armed forces of the United
341	341	States are or have engaged in combat;
342	342	(19) a current or former employee of the Texas
343	343	Juvenile Justice Department or of the predecessors in function of
344	344	the department;
345	345	(20) a current or former juvenile probation or
346	346	supervision officer certified by the Texas Juvenile Justice
347	347	Department, or the predecessors in function of the department,
348	348	under Title 12, Human Resources Code;
349	349	(21) a current or former employee of a juvenile
350	350	justice program or facility, as those terms are defined by Section
351	351	261.405, Family Code;
352	352	(22) a current or former employee of the Texas Civil
353	353	Commitment Office or the predecessor in function of the office or a
354	354	division of the office;
355	355	(23) a current or former employee of a federal judge or
356	356	state judge;
357	357	(24) a current or former child protective services
358	358	caseworker, adult protective services caseworker, or investigator
359	359	for the Department of Family and Protective Services or a current or
360	360	former employee of a department contractor performing child
361	361	protective services caseworker, adult protective services
362	362	caseworker, or investigator functions for the contractor on behalf
363	363	of the department;
364	364	(25) an elected public officer;
365	365	(26) a firefighter or volunteer firefighter or
366	366	emergency medical services personnel as defined by Section 773.003,
367	367	Health and Safety Code;
368	368	(27) a customs and border protection officer or border
369	369	patrol agent of United States Customs and Border Protection or the
370	370	spouse, surviving spouse, or adult child of a customs and border
371	371	protection officer or border patrol agent;
372	372	(28) [(27) a current or former attorney for the
373	373	Department of Family and Protective Services
374	374	[(27)] a current or former employee or contract staff
375	375	member of a university health care provider at a corrections
376	376	facility operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or
377	377	the Texas Juvenile Justice Department;
378	378	(29) [and
379	379	[(28)] a current or former attorney for the Department
380	380	of Family and Protective Services;
381	381	(30) a current or former county clerk, district clerk,
382	382	or county and district clerk, or a current or former employee of the
383	383	office of a county clerk, district clerk, or county and district
384	384	clerk;
385	385	(31) a current or former employee whose duties relate
386	386	to court administration, including a court clerk, court
387	387	coordinator, court administrator, law clerk, or staff attorney; and
388	388	(32) a current or former employee of the Office of
389	389	Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System and entities
390	390	administratively attached to the office.
391	391	SECTION 7. Section 521.121, Transportation Code, is amended
392	392	by amending Subsections (a) and (c) and adding Subsection (c-1) to
393	393	read as follows:
394	394	(a) The driver's license must include:
395	395	(1) a distinguishing number assigned by the department
396	396	to the license holder;
397	397	(2) a photograph of the entire face of the holder;
398	398	(3) the full name and date of birth of the holder;
399	399	(4) a brief description of the holder; and
400	400	(5) the license holder's residence address or, for a
401	401	license holder using the procedure under Subsection (c):
402	402	(A) [,] the street address of the courthouse in
403	403	which the license holder or license holder's spouse or parent:
404	404	(i) serves as a federal judge, including a
405	405	federal bankruptcy judge, a marshal of the United States Marshals
406	406	Service, a United States attorney, or a state judge; or
407	407	(ii) performs duties related to court
408	408	administration, including a court clerk, court coordinator, court
409	409	administrator, law clerk, or staff attorney; or
410	410	(B) the office address of the office in which the
411	411	license holder or the license holder's spouse or parent performs
412	412	duties as an employee of the office of a county clerk, district
413	413	clerk, or county and district clerk, or of the Office of Court
414	414	Administration of the Texas Judicial System and entities
415	415	administratively attached to the office.
416	416	(c) The department shall establish a procedure, on a license
417	417	holder's qualification for or appointment to office as a federal or
418	418	state judge as defined by Section 1.005, Election Code, or as a
419	419	county clerk, district clerk, or county and district clerk, or as a
420	420	federal bankruptcy judge, a marshal of the United States Marshals
421	421	Service, [or] a United States attorney, or for a license holder
422	422	whose duties relate to court administration, including a court
423	423	clerk, court coordinator, court administrator, law clerk, or staff
424	424	attorney, or as an employee of the office of a county clerk,
425	425	district clerk, or county and district clerk, or of the Office of
426	426	Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System and entities
427	427	administratively attached to the office, to omit the residence
428	428	address of the judge, [or] official, or employee and any family
429	429	member of the judge, [or] official, or employee on the license
430	430	holder's license and to print [include], in lieu of that address,
431	431	the street address of the courthouse or office building in which the
432	432	license holder or license holder's spouse or parent serves as a
433	433	federal or state judge, [or] official, or employee.
434	434	(c-1) The residence address of a license holder whose
435	435	residence address is omitted using the procedure under Subsection
436	436	(c) is confidential and is available only for the official use of
437	437	the department or a law enforcement agency.
438	438	SECTION 8. Not later than November 1, 2026, the Department
439	439	of Public Safety shall:
440	440	(1) review the department's processes for
441	441	implementation of and compliance with Section 521.121,
442	442	Transportation Code, as amended by this Act; and
443	443	(2) submit to the governor, the lieutenant governor,
444	444	the speaker of the house of representatives, each member of the
445	445	legislature, and the Texas Judicial Council a written report
446	446	containing the results of the review, a description of the methods
447	447	used to prepare the review, and any recommendations for legislative
448	448	or other action.
449	449	SECTION 9. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
450	450	a request for information that is received by a governmental body or
451	451	an officer on or after the effective date of this Act. A request for
452	452	information that was received before the effective date of this Act
453	453	is governed by the law in effect on the date the request was
454	454	received, and the former law is continued in effect for that
455	455	purpose.
456	456	SECTION 10. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
457	457	over another Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025,
458	458	relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
459	459	codes.
460	460	SECTION 11. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.