Bill Text: TX HB1495 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the prohibited release of personal information collected during the jury selection process.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-12-03 - Filed [HB1495 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB1495-Introduced.html

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89R5413 AMF-D
By: Morales of Maverick H.B. No. 1495

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the prohibited release of personal information
collected during the jury selection process.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 62, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 62.022 to read as follows:
Sec. 62.022. PERSONAL INFORMATION CONFIDENTIAL. (a)
Except as provided by Subsection (b), personal information
collected by the court, a party, or a party's attorney during the
jury selection process about a person who reports for jury duty is
confidential and may not be disclosed by the court, a party, a
party's attorney, or any court personnel. Information considered
confidential under this subsection includes:
(1) a person's:
(A) home address;
(B) telephone number;
(C) social security number; and
(D) driver's license number;
(2) information provided in the juror questionnaire
required by Section 62.0132; and
(3) any other personal information.
(b) The court may authorize the disclosure of information
described by Subsection (a) only on submission of an application to
the court showing good cause for the disclosure by:
(1) a party to the proceeding; or
(2) a person acting in the actual discharge of the
person's duties as a member of the news media.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a person who reports for jury duty on or after the effective date
of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.