Bill Text: TX SB510 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the confidentiality of certain information maintained by state licensing agencies.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-19 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB510 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB510-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the confidentiality of certain information maintained by state licensing agencies.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-19 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB510 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB510-Comm_Sub.html
By: Perry | S.B. No. 510 | |
(In the Senate - Filed January 19, 2023; February 17, 2023, | ||
read first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce; | ||
April 6, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable Committee | ||
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; April 6, 2023, | ||
sent to printer.) | ||
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 510 | By: King |
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relating to the confidentiality of certain information maintained | ||
by state licensing agencies. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 552.1176, Government Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read | ||
as follows: | ||
(a) Information maintained under Chapter 81 is confidential | ||
and may not be disclosed to the public under this chapter if the | ||
information: | ||
(1) is a license application; or | ||
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number, electronic mail address, social security number, [ |
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of birth, driver's license number, state identification number, | ||
passport number, emergency contact information, or payment | ||
information of an individual [ |
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(d) Subsection (a) does not make confidential or except from | ||
required public disclosure the name, state bar identification | ||
number, membership class, or eligibility to practice law of an | ||
applicant for a license, a license holder, or an individual who | ||
previously held a license. | ||
(e) To the extent of any conflict, this section prevails | ||
over another law that authorizes or requires the release of | ||
information maintained by the State Bar of Texas. | ||
SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 552, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 552.11765 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 552.11765. CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION | ||
MAINTAINED BY STATE LICENSING AUTHORITY. (a) In this section, | ||
"license" means a license, certificate, registration, permit, or | ||
other authorization that: | ||
(1) is issued by a governmental body described by | ||
Section 552.003(1)(A)(i); and | ||
(2) an individual must obtain to practice or engage in | ||
a particular business, occupation, or profession. | ||
(b) Except as provided by Subsections (c) and (d), | ||
information maintained by a governmental body described by Section | ||
552.003(1)(A)(i) is confidential and excepted from the | ||
requirements of Section 552.021 if the information: | ||
(1) is a license application; or | ||
(2) relates to the home address, home telephone | ||
number, electronic mail address, social security number, date of | ||
birth, driver's license number, state identification number, | ||
passport number, emergency contact information, or payment | ||
information of: | ||
(A) an applicant for a license issued by the | ||
governmental body; | ||
(B) an individual who holds a license issued by | ||
the governmental body; or | ||
(C) an individual who previously held a license | ||
issued by the governmental body. | ||
(c) Subsection (b) does not make confidential or except from | ||
required public disclosure the name, license number, or license | ||
status of an applicant for a license, a license holder, or an | ||
individual who previously held a license. | ||
(d) Subsection (b) does not prohibit the disclosure of the | ||
last four digits of the social security number of a license holder | ||
issued a license under Chapter 42, 43, or 103, Human Resources Code, | ||
or Chapter 142, 242, 247, 248A, 250, or 252, Health and Safety Code, | ||
in connection with a verification of employability or an employee | ||
misconduct registry search provided by the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission. | ||
(e) To the extent of any conflict, this section prevails | ||
over another law that authorizes or requires the release of | ||
information maintained by a governmental body. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 552.1176(b), Government Code, is | ||
repealed. | ||
SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
a request for public information received by a governmental body, | ||
including the State Bar of Texas, or an officer for public | ||
information on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
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