Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R14968 JBD-F
2	2	By: Cook S.B. No. 2095
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the confidentiality of certain home address information
10	10	in property tax appraisal records.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 25.025(a), Tax Code, as amended by
13	13	Chapters 76 (S.B. 617), 152 (S.B. 870), 430 (H.B. 1911), 765 (H.B.
14	14	4504), and 937 (S.B. 1525), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular
15	15	Session, 2023, is reenacted and amended to read as follows:
16	16	(a) This section applies only to:
17	17	(1) a current or former peace officer as defined by
18	18	Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure, and the spouse or
19	19	surviving spouse of the peace officer;
20	20	(2) the adult child of a current peace officer as
21	21	defined by Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure;
22	22	(3) a current or honorably retired county jailer as
23	23	defined by Section 1701.001, Occupations Code;
24	24	(4) an employee of the Texas Department of Criminal
25	25	Justice;
26	26	(5) a commissioned security officer as defined by
27	27	Section 1702.002, Occupations Code;
28	28	(6) an individual who shows that the individual, the
29	29	individual's child, or another person in the individual's household
30	30	is a victim of family violence as defined by Section 71.004, Family
31	31	Code, by providing:
32	32	(A) a copy of a protective order issued under
33	33	Chapter 85, Family Code, or a magistrate's order for emergency
34	34	protection issued under Article 17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure;
35	35	or
36	36	(B) other independent documentary evidence
37	37	necessary to show that the individual, the individual's child, or
38	38	another person in the individual's household is a victim of family
39	39	violence;
40	40	(7) an individual who shows that the individual, the
41	41	individual's child, or another person in the individual's household
42	42	is a victim of sexual assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking of
43	43	persons by providing:
44	44	(A) a copy of a protective order issued under
45	45	Subchapter A or B, Chapter 7B, Code of Criminal Procedure, or a
46	46	magistrate's order for emergency protection issued under Article
47	47	17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure; or
48	48	(B) other independent documentary evidence
49	49	necessary to show that the individual, the individual's child, or
50	50	another person in the individual's household is a victim of sexual
51	51	assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking of persons;
52	52	(8) a participant in the address confidentiality
53	53	program administered by the attorney general under Subchapter B,
54	54	Chapter 58, Code of Criminal Procedure, who provides proof of
55	55	certification under Article 58.059, Code of Criminal Procedure;
56	56	(9) a federal judge, a federal bankruptcy judge, a
57	57	marshal of the United States Marshals Service, a state judge, or a
58	58	family member of a federal judge, a federal bankruptcy judge, a
59	59	marshal of the United States Marshals Service, or a state judge;
60	60	(10) a current or former district attorney, criminal
61	61	district attorney, or county or municipal attorney whose
62	62	jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child protective services
63	63	matters;
64	64	(11) a current or former employee of a district
65	65	attorney, criminal district attorney, or county or municipal
66	66	attorney whose jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child
67	67	protective services matters;
68	68	(12) an officer or employee of a community supervision
69	69	and corrections department established under Chapter 76,
70	70	Government Code, who performs a duty described by Section 76.004(b)
71	71	of that code;
72	72	(13) a criminal investigator of the United States as
73	73	described by Article 2A.002(a), Code of Criminal Procedure;
74	74	(14) a current or honorably retired police officer or
75	75	inspector of the United States Federal Protective Service;
76	76	(15) a current or former United States attorney,
77	77	assistant United States attorney, federal public defender, deputy
78	78	federal public defender, or assistant federal public defender and
79	79	the spouse and child of the attorney or public defender;
80	80	(16) a current or former employee of the office of the
81	81	attorney general who is or was assigned to a division of that office
82	82	the duties of which involve law enforcement or are performed under
83	83	Chapter 231, Family Code;
84	84	(17) a medical examiner or person who performs
85	85	forensic analysis or testing who is employed by this state or one or
86	86	more political subdivisions of this state;
87	87	(18) a current or former member of the United States
88	88	armed forces who has served in an area that the president of the
89	89	United States by executive order designates for purposes of 26
90	90	U.S.C. Section 112 as an area in which armed forces of the United
91	91	States are or have engaged in combat;
92	92	(19) a current or former employee of the Texas
93	93	Juvenile Justice Department or of the predecessors in function of
94	94	the department;
95	95	(20) a current or former juvenile probation or
96	96	supervision officer certified by the Texas Juvenile Justice
97	97	Department, or the predecessors in function of the department,
98	98	under Title 12, Human Resources Code;
99	99	(21) a current or former employee of a juvenile
100	100	justice program or facility, as those terms are defined by Section
101	101	261.405, Family Code;
102	102	(22) a current or former employee of the Texas Civil
103	103	Commitment Office or the predecessor in function of the office or a
104	104	division of the office;
105	105	(23) a current or former employee of a federal judge or
106	106	state judge;
107	107	(24) a current or former child protective services
108	108	caseworker, adult protective services caseworker, or investigator
109	109	for the Department of Family and Protective Services or a current or
110	110	former employee of a department contractor performing child
111	111	protective services caseworker, adult protective services
112	112	caseworker, or investigator functions for the contractor on behalf
113	113	of the department;
114	114	(25) an elected public officer;
115	115	(26) a firefighter or volunteer firefighter or
116	116	emergency medical services personnel as defined by Section 773.003,
117	117	Health and Safety Code;
118	118	(27) a customs and border protection officer or border
119	119	patrol agent of United States Customs and Border Protection or the
120	120	spouse, surviving spouse, or adult child of a customs and border
121	121	protection officer or border patrol agent;
122	122	(28) [(27) a current or former attorney for the
123	123	Department of Family and Protective Services
124	124	[(27)] a current or former employee or contract staff
125	125	member of a university health care provider at a corrections
126	126	facility operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or
127	127	the Texas Juvenile Justice Department; [and]
128	128	(29) [(28)] a current or former attorney for the
129	129	Department of Family and Protective Services;
130	130	(30) a nurse as defined by Section 301.002,
131	131	Occupations Code; and
132	132	(31) a physician as defined by Section 151.002,
133	133	Occupations 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.