Enrolled Bill Summary

House Bill 433	House Author:  Madden
Effective:  9-1-07	Senate Sponsor:  Seliger

            House Bill 433 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to provide that certain confidentiality provisions do not prohibit the inspector general of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice from disclosing the identifying information of a victim of a sexual offense who has chosen a pseudonym through a program in the office of the attorney general to an employee of the department if the victim is an inmate or state jail defendant confined in a department facility.  The bill makes such disclosure an exception to the offense of unauthorized disclosure of identifying information about a victim of a sexual offense who is younger than 17 years of age and who has chosen a pseudonym.