Bill Text: TX HB2359 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to prohibiting the Department of Public Safety from responding to bulk requests from the federal government for lists of individuals licensed to carry a concealed handgun.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-13 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB2359 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2359-Comm_Sub.html
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| By: Bohac | H.B. No. 2359 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2359: | |||
| By: Phillips | C.S.H.B. No. 2359 | ||
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| relating to prohibiting the Department of Public Safety from | ||
| responding to bulk requests from the federal government for lists | ||
| of individuals licensed to carry a concealed handgun. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 411.192, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) In this section: | ||
| (1) "Bulk request" means a request for all or a | ||
| significant portion of the names or other personal information of | ||
| applicants or licensees who: | ||
| (A) reside within a certain geographical area; or | ||
| (B) applied for a license or were licensed within | ||
| a certain period. | ||
| (2) "Criminal justice agency" has the meaning assigned | ||
| by Article 60.01, Code of Criminal Procedure. | ||
| (a-1) Subject to Subsection (a-2), the [ |
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| may, only in response to a subpoena issued in a criminal proceeding, | ||
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| in its files and records regarding whether a named individual or any | ||
| individual named in a specified list is licensed under this | ||
| subchapter. Information on an individual subject to disclosure | ||
| under this section includes the individual's name, date of birth, | ||
| gender, race, zip code, telephone number, e-mail address, and | ||
| Internet website address. Except as otherwise provided by this | ||
| section and by Section 411.193, all other records maintained under | ||
| this subchapter are confidential and are not subject to mandatory | ||
| disclosure under the open records law, Chapter 552. | ||
| (a-2) To the extent allowed by federal law, the department, | ||
| in response to a bulk request made by a federal criminal justice | ||
| agency, may not provide to the agency a list of individuals licensed | ||
| to carry a concealed handgun under this subchapter. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
