Bill Text: TX HB1983 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to limitations on the capture or possession of a biometric identifier by a governmental body.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-08 - No action taken in committee [HB1983 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1983-Introduced.html
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By: Laubenberg | H.B. No. 1983 |
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relating to limitations on the capture or possession of a biometric | ||
identifier by a governmental body. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 560.001(1), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(1) "Biometric identifier" means a blood sample, hair | ||
sample, skin sample, DNA sample, body scan, retina or iris scan, | ||
fingerprint, voiceprint, or record of hand or face geometry. | ||
SECTION 2. Chapter 560, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Section 560.0015 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 560.0015. STATUTORY AUTHORITY REQUIRED. A | ||
governmental body may not capture or possess a biometric identifier | ||
of an individual unless the governmental body has: | ||
(1) specific, explicit statutory authority to capture | ||
or possess the individual's biometric identifier; or | ||
(2) the written consent of the individual or the | ||
individual's legal guardian. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 560.0015, Government Code, as added by | ||
this Act, applies only to a biometric identifier captured on or | ||
after the effective date of this Act. A biometric identifier | ||
captured before that date is governed by the law in effect | ||
immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is | ||
continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |