89R1989 TJB-D
By: Middleton S.B. No. 415
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a governmental body to require certain
persons to sign a confidentiality agreement in response to a
request for public information for legislative purposes under the
public information law.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 552.008, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (b-3) and (b-4) to read as follows:
(b-3) A governmental body shall provide written
notification to a member, committee, or agency of the legislature
that requests information under this section if the governmental
body will require a person to sign a confidentiality agreement
under Subsection (b) regarding the requested information. The
governmental body must provide the notice to the requesting member,
committee, or agency not later than the fifth business day
following the date the governmental body receives the request for
the information that is the subject of the notice.
(b-4) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), a governmental body
may not require a person to sign a confidentiality agreement
regarding information requested under this section if:
(1) the governmental body fails to provide the notice
required by Subsection (b-3) regarding the information in the time
and manner prescribed by that subsection; or
(2) an agreement regarding the information is not
signed by each party to the agreement before the 10th business day
following the date the notice required by Subsection (b-3) is
received by the requesting member, committee, or agency.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a request for information received by a governmental body or
officer for public information on or after the effective date of
this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.