Bill Text: TX HB125 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the online publication of home addresses of certain occupational license holders.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-21 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB125 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB125-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 125 |
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relating to the online publication of home addresses of certain | ||
occupational license holders. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 403, Occupations Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 403.053 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 403.053. PUBLISHING LICENSE HOLDER HOME ADDRESS | ||
PROHIBITED. (a) The department may not include the home address of | ||
a person licensed under this chapter in a roster, registry, or other | ||
database the department publishes on the department's Internet | ||
website unless the person requests that the person's home address | ||
appear in the roster, registry, or other database on the website. A | ||
request under this subsection must be made in the manner prescribed | ||
by the department. | ||
(b) The home address of a person licensed under this chapter | ||
that is included in a roster, registry, or other database the | ||
department maintains is public information and is not excepted from | ||
required disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 503.207, Occupations Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows: | ||
(c) The board may not include the home address of a person | ||
licensed under this chapter in a registry the board publishes on the | ||
board's Internet website unless the person requests that the | ||
person's home address appear in the registry on the website. A | ||
request under this subsection must be made in the manner prescribed | ||
by the board. | ||
(d) The home address of a person licensed under this chapter | ||
that is included in the registry the board prepares under this | ||
section is public information and is not excepted from required | ||
disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 504.055, Occupations Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows: | ||
(e) The department may not include the home address of a | ||
person licensed by the department in a roster the department | ||
publishes on the department's Internet website unless the person | ||
requests that the person's home address appear in the roster on the | ||
website. A request under this subsection must be made in the manner | ||
prescribed by the department. | ||
(f) The home address of a person licensed under this chapter | ||
that is included in a roster the department prepares under this | ||
section is public information and is not excepted from required | ||
disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 505.205, Occupations Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows: | ||
(d) The board may not include the home address of a person | ||
licensed under this chapter in a roster the board publishes on the | ||
board's Internet website unless the person requests that the | ||
person's home address appear in the roster on the website. A | ||
request under this subsection must be made in the manner prescribed | ||
by the board. | ||
(e) The home address of a person licensed under this chapter | ||
that is included in the roster the board prepares under this section | ||
is public information and is not excepted from required disclosure | ||
under Chapter 552, Government Code. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 125 was passed by the House on March | ||
21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 125 was passed by the Senate on May 8, | ||
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |