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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Filed January 13, 2025; February 7, 2025, |
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| 3 | + | read first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce; |
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| 4 | + | March 5, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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| 5 | + | Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; March 5, 2025, |
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| 6 | + | sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 8 | + | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 765 By: King |
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| 6 | 11 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 12 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 13 | | relating to the confidentiality of fraud detection and deterrence |
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| 9 | 14 | | information under the public information law. |
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| 10 | 15 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 16 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 552, Government Code, is |
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| 12 | 17 | | amended by adding Section 552.164 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 18 | | Sec. 552.164. EXCEPTION: CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION |
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| 14 | 19 | | REGARDING FRAUD DETECTION AND DETERRENCE MEASURES. (a) |
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| 15 | 20 | | Information in the custody of a governmental body that relates to |
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| 16 | 21 | | fraud detection and deterrence measures is confidential and |
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| 17 | 22 | | excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021. For purposes of |
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| 18 | 23 | | this section, fraud detection information includes risk |
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| 19 | 24 | | assessments, reports, data, protocols, technology specifications, |
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| 20 | 25 | | manuals, instructions, investigative materials, crossmatches, |
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| 21 | 26 | | mental impressions, and communications that may reveal the methods |
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| 22 | 27 | | or means by which a governmental body prevents, investigates, or |
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| 23 | 28 | | evaluates fraud. |
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| 24 | 29 | | (b) The confidentiality protection provided by Subsection |
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| 25 | 30 | | (a) does not affect the ability of a governmental body to share |
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| 26 | 31 | | information described by Subsection (a) as authorized by other law |
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| 27 | 32 | | for law enforcement and fraud detection and prevention purposes. |
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| 28 | 33 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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