| TO: | Honorable Robert Duncan, Chair, Senate Committee on State Affairs |
| FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | SB1912 by Duncan (Relating to the disclosure of personally identifiable information under the public information law.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted |
As a result of this bill there will be no significant restriction upon:
(1) the open records law;The bill would amend Chapter 552 of the Government Code relating to the disclosure of personally
identifiable information under public information law. The bill would except the birth date, excluding the month and year, of a current or former employee of a governmental body, and would permit a birth date, excluding the month and year, to be redacted from information a governmental body discloses without requiring a decision from the Attorney General.
The bill would add the definition for personally identifiable information as any information about an
individual collected by a state governmental body that can be used to distinguish or track a person's
identity, such as a person's name, social security number, birth date, birth place, mother's maiden
name, medical, educational, financial, and employment information. The bill would take effect
September 1, 2009.
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, SD, TP
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