By: Capriglione, et al. H.B. No. 3711
        (Senate Sponsor - Middleton)
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2025;
  May 5, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Local
  Government; May 25, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable
  Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0;
  May 25, 2025, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3711 By:  Paxton
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to assistance in the investigation of certain open
  meetings offenses by the open records division of the attorney
  general's office.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 2A, Code of Criminal
  Procedure, is amended by adding Article 2A.067 to read as follows:
         Art. 2A.067.  PROVISION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION TO ATTORNEY
  GENERAL. (a)  A law enforcement agency that submits to the office
  of a district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county
  attorney a report stating there is probable cause to believe an
  identified person has committed a criminal offense under Chapter
  551, Government Code, shall simultaneously submit a copy of that
  report to the open records division of the attorney general's
  office.
         (b)  On request of the attorney general, a law enforcement
  agency shall provide all requested information that has not been
  made publicly available regarding an investigation of an offense
  under Chapter 551, Government Code, to the open records division of
  the attorney general's office.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter C, Chapter 2A, Code of Criminal
  Procedure, is amended by adding Article 2A.112 to read as follows:
         Art. 2A.112.  INVESTIGATION OF OPEN MEETING OFFENSES. (a)
  An attorney representing the state in the prosecution of a criminal
  offense under Chapter 551, Government Code, may request the
  assistance of the open records division of the attorney general's
  office in the investigation of the offense.
         (b)  On request of the attorney general, the attorney
  representing the state in the prosecution of a criminal offense
  under Chapter 551, Government Code, shall provide to the open
  records division of the attorney general's office all requested
  information that has not been made publicly available regarding the
  investigation of the offense.
         SECTION 3.  Subchapter B, Chapter 402, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 402.02801 to read as follows:
         Sec. 402.02801.  INVESTIGATION OF OPEN MEETING OFFENSES.
  (a)  The open records division of the attorney general's office, on
  the request of a law enforcement agency under Article 2A.067, Code
  of Criminal Procedure, or an attorney representing the state under
  Article 2A.112, Code of Criminal Procedure, may assist the agency
  or attorney in the investigation of a criminal offense under
  Chapter 551.
         (b)  To assist in an investigation under Subsection (a), the
  open records division of the attorney general's office may request
  from a law enforcement agency or an attorney representing the state
  in the prosecution of an offense under Chapter 551 any information
  relating to the offense that has not been made publicly available.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
 
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