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By: Smithee, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Bettencourt) |
H.B. No. 4490 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2025; |
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May 5, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Business & |
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Commerce; May 20, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 20, 2025, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an exemption from required disclosure of information |
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related to the next of kin of deceased persons. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 11, Article 49.25, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) The information relating to the next of kin of a |
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decedent is excepted from required public disclosure in accordance |
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with Chapter 552, Government Code, but is subject to disclosure |
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under subpoena or authority of other law. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a |
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request for information that is received by a governmental body or |
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an officer of public information on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. A request for information that was received before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the |
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date the request was received, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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