Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. Line and page numbers may not match official copy. By Wise H.B. No. 3527 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the identification of certain individuals in the 1-3 pleadings of civil cases. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 30, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 30.08 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 30.08. NON-DISCLOSURE OF PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION 1-8 INFORMATION IN CIVIL SUITS. (a) In any civil suit brought in the 1-9 courts of this state where the personal identity of the plaintiff 1-10 is concealed by any means, including the use of initials, the 1-11 personal identity of the defendant shall also be concealed in the 1-12 same manner. 1-13 (b) The court shall enforce this section by contempt or 1-14 other sanction as permitted by law or rule. 1-15 SECTION 2. The change in law made by Section 1 of this Act 1-16 applies only to a cause of action that accrues on or after the 1-17 effective date of this Act. A cause of action that accrues before 1-18 the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect 1-19 when the cause of action accrues and the former law is continued in 1-20 effect for the purpose. 1-21 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-2 and that this Act take effect and be in force according to its 2-3 terms, and it is so enacted.