By: Deshotel, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Campbell) H.B. No. 3091
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2019;
  May 10, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
  Justice; May 19, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote:  
  Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 19, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the confidentiality of and prohibiting disclosure of
  the location or physical layout of a family violence shelter center
  or victims of trafficking shelter center; creating a criminal
  offense.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 552.138, Government Code, is amended by
  amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection (b-1) to
  read as follows:
         (b)  Information maintained by a family violence shelter
  center, victims of trafficking shelter center, or sexual assault
  program is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if it
  is information that relates to:
               (1)  the home address, home telephone number, or social
  security number of an employee or a volunteer worker of a family
  violence shelter center, victims of trafficking shelter center, or
  sexual assault program, regardless of whether the employee or
  worker complies with Section 552.024;
               (2)  [the location or physical layout of a family
  violence shelter center or victims of trafficking shelter center;
               [(3)]  the name, home address, home telephone number,
  or numeric identifier of a current or former client of a family
  violence shelter center, victims of trafficking shelter center, or
  sexual assault program;
               (3) [(4)]  the provision of services, including
  counseling and sheltering, to a current or former client of a family
  violence shelter center, victims of trafficking shelter center, or
  sexual assault program;
               (4) [(5)]  the name, home address, or home telephone
  number of a private donor to a family violence shelter center,
  victims of trafficking shelter center, or sexual assault program;
  or
               (5) [(6)]  the home address or home telephone number of
  a member of the board of directors or the board of trustees of a
  family violence shelter center, victims of trafficking shelter
  center, or sexual assault program, regardless of whether the board
  member complies with Section 552.024.
         (b-1)  Information that relates to the location or physical
  layout of a family violence shelter center or victims of
  trafficking shelter center is confidential.
         (c)  A governmental body may redact information maintained
  by a family violence shelter center, victims of trafficking shelter
  center, or sexual assault program that may be withheld under
  Subsection (b)(1) or (5) or that is confidential under Subsection
  (b-1) [(6)] from any information the governmental body discloses
  under Section 552.021 without the necessity of requesting a
  decision from the attorney general under Subchapter G.
         SECTION 2.  Chapter 42, Penal Code, is amended by adding
  Section 42.075 to read as follows:
         Sec. 42.075.  DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
  REGARDING FAMILY VIOLENCE OR VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING SHELTER CENTER.
  (a) In this section, "family violence shelter center" and "victims
  of trafficking shelter center" have the meanings assigned by
  Section 552.138, Government Code.
         (b)  A person commits an offense if the person, with the
  intent to threaten the safety of any inhabitant of a family violence
  shelter center or victims of trafficking shelter center, discloses
  or publicizes the location or physical layout of the center.
         (c)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
         (d)  If conduct constituting an offense under this section
  also constitutes an offense under Section 552.352, Government Code,
  the actor may be prosecuted under either section.
         SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a request for public information received on or after the
  effective date of this Act. A request received before the effective
  date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the
  request was received, and the former law is continued in effect for
  that purpose.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
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