Bill Text: TX SB438 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the confidentiality of certain information for a current or former administrative law judge for the State Office of Administrative Hearings.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-21 - Filed [SB438 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SB438-Introduced.html
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| By: Hinojosa | S.B. No. 438 | |
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| relating to the confidentiality of certain information for a | ||
| current or former administrative law judge for the State Office of | ||
| Administrative Hearings. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 552.117, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (a-1) In addition to the exceptions provided by Subsection | ||
| (a), information is excepted from the requirements of Section | ||
| 552.021 if it is information that: | ||
| (1) relates to the home address, home telephone | ||
| number, emergency contact information, or social security number of | ||
| a current or former administrative law judge for the State Office of | ||
| Administrative Hearings, regardless of whether the person complies | ||
| with Section 552.024 or 552.1175; or | ||
| (2) reveals whether a person described by Subdivision | ||
| (1) has family members. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 552.1175, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (a-1) In addition to the individuals described by | ||
| Subsection (a), this section applies to a current or former | ||
| administrative law judge for the State Office of Administrative | ||
| Hearings. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 25.025, Tax Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Subsection (a-2) to read as follows: | ||
| (a-2) In addition to the individuals described by | ||
| Subsection (a), this section applies to a current or former | ||
| administrative law judge for the State Office of Administrative | ||
| Hearings. | ||
| SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
| a request for information that is received by a governmental body or | ||
| an officer on or after the effective date of this Act. A request for | ||
| information that was received before the effective date of this Act | ||
| is governed by the law in effect on the date the request was | ||
| received, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
| purpose. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
