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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the confidentiality of certain home address information |
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in property tax appraisal records. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 25.025(a), Tax Code, as amended by |
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Chapters 76 (S.B. 617), 152 (S.B. 870), 430 (H.B. 1911), 765 (H.B. |
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4504), and 937 (S.B. 1525), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2023, is reenacted and amended to read as follows: |
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(a) This section applies only to: |
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(1) a current or former peace officer as defined by |
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Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure, and the spouse or |
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surviving spouse of the peace officer; |
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(2) the adult child of a current peace officer as |
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defined by Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure; |
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(3) a current or honorably retired county jailer as |
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defined by Section 1701.001, Occupations Code; |
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(4) an employee of the Texas Department of Criminal |
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Justice; |
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(5) a commissioned security officer as defined by |
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Section 1702.002, Occupations Code; |
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(6) an individual who shows that the individual, the |
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individual's child, or another person in the individual's household |
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is a victim of family violence as defined by Section 71.004, Family |
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Code, by providing: |
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(A) a copy of a protective order issued under |
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Chapter 85, Family Code, or a magistrate's order for emergency |
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protection issued under Article 17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure; |
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or |
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(B) other independent documentary evidence |
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necessary to show that the individual, the individual's child, or |
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another person in the individual's household is a victim of family |
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violence; |
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(7) an individual who shows that the individual, the |
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individual's child, or another person in the individual's household |
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is a victim of sexual assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking of |
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persons by providing: |
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(A) a copy of a protective order issued under |
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Subchapter A or B, Chapter 7B, Code of Criminal Procedure, or a |
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magistrate's order for emergency protection issued under Article |
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17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure; or |
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(B) other independent documentary evidence |
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necessary to show that the individual, the individual's child, or |
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another person in the individual's household is a victim of sexual |
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assault or abuse, stalking, or trafficking of persons; |
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(8) a participant in the address confidentiality |
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program administered by the attorney general under Subchapter B, |
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Chapter 58, Code of Criminal Procedure, who provides proof of |
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certification under Article 58.059, Code of Criminal Procedure; |
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(9) a federal judge, a federal bankruptcy judge, a |
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marshal of the United States Marshals Service, a state judge, or a |
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family member of a federal judge, a federal bankruptcy judge, a |
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marshal of the United States Marshals Service, or a state judge; |
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(10) a current or former district attorney, criminal |
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district attorney, or county or municipal attorney whose |
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jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child protective services |
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matters; |
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(11) a current or former employee of a district |
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attorney, criminal district attorney, or county or municipal |
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attorney whose jurisdiction includes any criminal law or child |
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protective services matters; |
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(12) an officer or employee of a community supervision |
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and corrections department established under Chapter 76, |
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Government Code, who performs a duty described by Section 76.004(b) |
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of that code; |
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(13) a criminal investigator of the United States as |
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described by Article 2A.002(a), Code of Criminal Procedure; |
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(14) a current or honorably retired police officer or |
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inspector of the United States Federal Protective Service; |
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(15) a current or former United States attorney, |
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assistant United States attorney, federal public defender, deputy |
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federal public defender, or assistant federal public defender and |
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the spouse and child of the attorney or public defender; |
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(16) a current or former employee of the office of the |
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attorney general who is or was assigned to a division of that office |
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the duties of which involve law enforcement or are performed under |
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Chapter 231, Family Code; |
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(17) a medical examiner or person who performs |
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forensic analysis or testing who is employed by this state or one or |
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more political subdivisions of this state; |
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(18) a current or former member of the United States |
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armed forces who has served in an area that the president of the |
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United States by executive order designates for purposes of 26 |
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U.S.C. Section 112 as an area in which armed forces of the United |
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States are or have engaged in combat; |
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(19) a current or former employee of the Texas |
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Juvenile Justice Department or of the predecessors in function of |
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the department; |
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(20) a current or former juvenile probation or |
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supervision officer certified by the Texas Juvenile Justice |
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Department, or the predecessors in function of the department, |
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under Title 12, Human Resources Code; |
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(21) a current or former employee of a juvenile |
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justice program or facility, as those terms are defined by Section |
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261.405, Family Code; |
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(22) a current or former employee of the Texas Civil |
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Commitment Office or the predecessor in function of the office or a |
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division of the office; |
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(23) a current or former employee of a federal judge or |
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state judge; |
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(24) a current or former child protective services |
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caseworker, adult protective services caseworker, or investigator |
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for the Department of Family and Protective Services or a current or |
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former employee of a department contractor performing child |
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protective services caseworker, adult protective services |
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caseworker, or investigator functions for the contractor on behalf |
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of the department; |
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(25) an elected public officer; |
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(26) a firefighter or volunteer firefighter or |
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emergency medical services personnel as defined by Section 773.003, |
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Health and Safety Code; |
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(27) a customs and border protection officer or border |
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patrol agent of United States Customs and Border Protection or the |
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spouse, surviving spouse, or adult child of a customs and border |
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protection officer or border patrol agent; |
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(28) [(27) a current or former attorney for the |
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Department of Family and Protective Services |
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[(27)] a current or former employee or contract staff |
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member of a university health care provider at a corrections |
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facility operated by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or |
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the Texas Juvenile Justice Department; [and] |
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(29) [(28)] a current or former attorney for the |
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Department of Family and Protective Services; and |
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(30) an employee of a public defender's office as |
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defined by Article 26.044(a), Code of Criminal Procedure. |
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SECTION 2. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails |
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over another Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, |
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relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted |
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codes. |
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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. |