Bill Text: TX HB3772 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to combating human trafficking by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-24 - Removed from local & uncontested calendar [HB3772 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3772-Comm_Sub.html
| By: Thompson of Harris, et al. | H.B. No. 3772 | |
| (Senate Sponsor - Parker) | ||
| (In the Senate - Received from the House May 2, 2023; | ||
| May 4, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Business & | ||
| Commerce; May 19, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote: | ||
| Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 19, 2023, sent to printer.) | ||
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| relating to combating human trafficking by the Texas Department of | ||
| Licensing and Regulation. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 51, Occupations Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subchapter K to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER K. COMBATING HUMAN TRAFFICKING | ||
| Sec. 51.551. ANTI-TRAFFICKING ACTIVITIES. The department | ||
| may combat human trafficking by: | ||
| (1) establishing within the department an | ||
| anti-trafficking unit; | ||
| (2) identifying businesses operating within | ||
| industries regulated by the department that are impacted by human | ||
| trafficking; and | ||
| (3) coordinating with: | ||
| (A) the office of the attorney general, including | ||
| any council, task force, or work group established by that office to | ||
| combat human trafficking; | ||
| (B) local, state, and federal law enforcement | ||
| agencies; and | ||
| (C) any nongovernmental entity engaged in | ||
| efforts to combat human trafficking or assist victims. | ||
| Sec. 51.552. RULES. The commission may adopt rules to | ||
| combat human trafficking for any program regulated by the | ||
| department, including rules for conducting inspections and | ||
| investigations under Section 51.351. | ||
| Sec. 51.553. CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS IDENTIFYING | ||
| VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING. (a) Information that identifies an | ||
| individual as a victim of human trafficking is confidential and | ||
| excepted from disclosure under Section 552.021, Government Code. | ||
| (b) The department may withhold the information without the | ||
| necessity of requesting a decision from the attorney general under | ||
| Subchapter G, Chapter 552, Government Code. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
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