Bill Text: TX HB2309 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the availability of dates of birth under the public information law.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-04-18 - Referred to Business & Commerce [HB2309 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2309-Engrossed.html
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By: Hunter, Leo-Wilson | H.B. No. 2309 |
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relating to the availability of dates of birth under the public | ||
information law. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 552, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 552.0223 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 552.0223. DATES OF BIRTH AVAILABLE IN CERTAIN RECORDS. | ||
Notwithstanding Section 552.101 or any other law, a person's date | ||
of birth is not confidential and may not be withheld under this | ||
chapter if that information is contained in: | ||
(1) a candidate's application for a place on the ballot | ||
that is required by the Election Code; or | ||
(2) corrections or prosecutorial information, | ||
including information regarding an arrest, charge, indictment, | ||
conviction, order of deferred adjudication, or inmate record. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies 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 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |