Bill Text: TX HB2152 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the confidentiality of certain information concerning service members of the state military forces.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Passed) 2015-05-28 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB2152 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2152-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2152 | ||
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| relating to the confidentiality of certain information concerning | ||
| service members of the state military forces. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 437, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 437.232 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 437.232. CONFIDENTIALITY OF MILITARY PERSONNEL | ||
| INFORMATION. (a) In this section, "military personnel | ||
| information" means a service member's name, home address, rank, | ||
| official title, pay rate or grade, state active duty orders, | ||
| deployment locations, military duty addresses, awards and | ||
| decorations, length of military service, and medical records. | ||
| (b) A service member's military personnel information is | ||
| confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 552.117(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (a) Information is excepted from the requirements of | ||
| Section 552.021 if it is information that relates to the home | ||
| address, home telephone number, emergency contact information, or | ||
| social security number of the following person or that reveals | ||
| whether the person has family members: | ||
| (1) a current or former official or employee of a | ||
| governmental body, except as otherwise provided by Section 552.024; | ||
| (2) a peace officer as defined by Article 2.12, Code of | ||
| Criminal Procedure, or a security officer commissioned under | ||
| Section 51.212, Education Code, regardless of whether the officer | ||
| complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175, as applicable; | ||
| (3) a current or former employee of the Texas | ||
| Department of Criminal Justice or of the predecessor in function of | ||
| the department or any division of the department, regardless of | ||
| whether the current or former employee complies with Section | ||
| 552.1175; | ||
| (4) a peace officer as defined by Article 2.12, Code of | ||
| Criminal Procedure, or other law, a reserve law enforcement | ||
| officer, a commissioned deputy game warden, or a corrections | ||
| officer in a municipal, county, or state penal institution in this | ||
| state who was killed in the line of duty, regardless of whether the | ||
| deceased complied with Section 552.024 or 552.1175; | ||
| (5) a commissioned security officer as defined by | ||
| Section 1702.002, Occupations Code, regardless of whether the | ||
| officer complies with Section 552.024 or 552.1175, as applicable; | ||
| (6) an officer or employee of a community supervision | ||
| and corrections department established under Chapter 76 who | ||
| performs a duty described by Section 76.004(b), regardless of | ||
| whether the officer or employee complies with Section 552.024 or | ||
| 552.1175; | ||
| (7) a current or former employee of the office of the | ||
| attorney general who is or was assigned to a division of that office | ||
| the duties of which involve law enforcement, regardless of whether | ||
| the current or former employee complies with Section 552.024 or | ||
| 552.1175; | ||
| (8) a current or former employee of the Texas Juvenile | ||
| Justice Department or of the predecessors in function of the | ||
| department, regardless of whether the current or former employee | ||
| complies with Section 552.1175; | ||
| (9) a juvenile probation or supervision officer | ||
| certified by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, or the | ||
| predecessors in function of the department, under Title 12, Human | ||
| Resources Code; [ |
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| (10) employees of a juvenile justice program or | ||
| facility, as those terms are defined by Section 261.405, Family | ||
| Code; or | ||
| (11) a current or former member of the Texas military | ||
| forces, as that term is defined by Section 437.001. | ||
| SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
| a request for information that is received by a governmental body or | ||
| an officer for public information on or after the effective date of | ||
| this Act. A request for information that was received before the | ||
| effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the | ||
| date the request was received, and the former law is continued in | ||
| effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2152 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
| No. 2152 on May 18, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 130, Nays 0, | ||
| 2 present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2152 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 15, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
| 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
