H.B. No. 4003
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the redaction of personally identifiable information of
  victims from juvenile court records.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter A, Chapter 58, Family Code, is
  amended by adding Section 58.004 to read as follows:
         Sec. 58.004.  REDACTION OF VICTIM'S PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE
  INFORMATION. (a)  Notwithstanding any other law, before disclosing
  any juvenile court record or file of a child as authorized by this
  chapter or other law, the custodian of the record or file must
  redact any personally identifiable information about a victim of
  the child's delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for
  supervision who was under 18 years of age on the date the conduct
  occurred.
         (b)  This section does not apply to information that is:
               (1)  necessary for an agency to provide services to the
  victim;
               (2)  necessary for law enforcement purposes; or
               (3)  shared within the statewide juvenile information
  and case management system established under Subchapter E.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies to information and documents
  relating to juvenile court cases without regard to whether the
  conduct that is the basis of the case occurred before, on, or after
  the effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4003 was passed by the House on May 5,
  2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 4003 on May 23, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 128, Nays 0,
  1 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4003 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 22, 2015, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor