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By: Bumgarner (Senate Sponsor - Hancock) |
H.B. No. 4615 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 24, 2023; |
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April 24, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Veteran Affairs; May 10, 2023, reported favorably by the following |
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vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 10, 2023, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the confidentiality of certain information concerning |
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service members of the state military forces. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 437.232(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) In this section, "military personnel information" means |
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a service member's name, Department of Defense identification |
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number, home address, rank, official title, pay rate or grade, |
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state active duty orders, deployment locations, military duty |
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addresses, awards and decorations, length of military service, and |
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medical records. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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a request for information that is received by a governmental body or |
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an officer for public information on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. A request for information that was received before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the |
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date the request was received, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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