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House Bill 1401 |
House Author: Johnson, Ann et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-21 |
Senate Sponsor: Huffman |
House Bill 1401 amends the Family Code to authorize an application for sealing juvenile records to be sent to the juvenile court by any reasonable method authorized under the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, including secure electronic means. The bill also authorizes a court clerk to send copies of an order sealing juvenile records to the entities listed in the order by secure electronic means and eliminates the clerk's specific authority to send copies of the order by regular mail and email.