Bill Text: TX SB1917 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the capture or use of a biometric identifier.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-20 - Referred to State Affairs [SB1917 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1917-Introduced.html
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By: Parker | S.B. No. 1917 |
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relating to the capture or use of a biometric identifier. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 503.001, Business & Commerce Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows: | ||
(f) (1) A state or local government, including a school, its | ||
contractor, subcontractor, or agents that captures a biometric | ||
identifier for the purpose of preventing safety or security | ||
concerns, theft, or other illegal activity may not sell the | ||
biometric identifier to a third-party. | ||
(2) This section shall not be construed to prohibit a | ||
State or local government agency, including a school, or its | ||
contractors, subcontractors, or agents from capturing biometric | ||
identifiers for the purpose of preventing, detecting, or responding | ||
to safety or security incidents, theft, or other illegal activity. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |