Bill Text: TX HB1977 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the applicability of certain limitations on the capture and use of biometric identifiers to financial institutions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-12 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB1977 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB1977-Introduced.html

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87R7571 JES-F
By: Parker H.B. No. 1977

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the applicability of certain limitations on the capture
and use of biometric identifiers to financial institutions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 503.001(e), Business & Commerce Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(e) This section does not apply to [voiceprint data retained
by] a financial institution, or an affiliate of a financial
institution, subject to the requirements of Subtitle A, Title V,
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (15 U.S.C. Sections 6801-6809)[, as those
terms are defined by 15 U.S.C. Section 6809].
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.