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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to maintaining the confidentiality of the personal |
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information of election officials and their employees. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 552.1175(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) This section applies only to: |
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(1) current or honorably retired peace officers as |
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defined by Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure, or special |
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investigators as described by Article 2A.002, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure; |
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(2) current or honorably retired county jailers as |
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defined by Section 1701.001, Occupations Code; |
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(3) current or former employees of the Texas |
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Department of Criminal Justice or of the predecessor in function of |
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the department or any division of the department; |
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(4) commissioned security officers as defined by |
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Section 1702.002, Occupations Code; |
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(5) 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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(5-a) 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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(6) officers and employees of a community supervision |
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and corrections department established under Chapter 76 who perform |
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a duty described by Section 76.004(b); |
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(7) criminal investigators of the United States as |
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described by Article 2A.002(a), Code of Criminal Procedure; |
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(8) current or honorably retired police officers and |
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inspectors of the United States Federal Protective Service; |
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(9) current and former employees of the office of the |
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attorney general who are or were assigned to a division of that |
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office the duties of which involve law enforcement or are performed |
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under Chapter 231, Family Code; |
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(10) current or former juvenile probation and |
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detention officers 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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(11) current or former employees of a juvenile justice |
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program or facility, as those terms are defined by Section 261.405, |
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Family Code; |
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(12) current or former employees of the Texas Juvenile |
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Justice Department or the predecessors in function of the |
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department; |
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(13) federal judges and state judges as defined by |
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Section 1.005, Election Code; |
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(14) current or former employees of the Texas Civil |
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Commitment Office or of the predecessor in function of the office or |
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a division of the office; |
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(15) a current or former member of the United States |
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Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, or Marine Corps, an auxiliary |
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service of one of those branches of the armed forces, or the Texas |
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military forces, as that term is defined by Section 437.001; |
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(16) 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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(17) an elected public officer; |
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(18) 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; [and] |
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(19) 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; or |
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(20) a current or former election official, as defined |
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by Section 1.005, Election Code, or employee, volunteer, or |
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designee of an election official, or an employee of the secretary of |
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state's office who performs duties relating to elections. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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a request for information that is received by a governmental body or |
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an officer on or after the effective date of this Act. A request for |
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information that was received before the effective date of this Act |
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is governed by the law in effect on the date the request was |
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received, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |