By: Laubenberg (Senate Sponsor - Taylor of Collin) H.B. No. 4003

(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2015; May 6, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; May 18, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 18, 2015, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 4003 By: Huffman

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

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.

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