H.B. No. 125

	AN ACT
	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
	_____________________
	Governor