Enrolled Bill Summary

Senate Bill 15 amends the Government Code to exempt from public availability under the open records law certain information held by a public or private nonprofit family violence shelter center or sexual assault program. Exempted information includes that relating to names of clients, the provision of services to clients, numeric identifiers associated with clients, names of donors, social security numbers of employees or volunteer workers, and home addresses and home telephone numbers of clients, donors, employees, volunteer workers, and governing board members. The exemptions relating to clients extend to both current and former clients. Also exempt from public availability is information relating to the location or physical layout of a family violence shelter center.