Bill Text: TX HB3180 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 3180

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the review by the Sunset Advisory Commission of the sale of personal data by state agencies.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-15 - Referred to State Affairs [HB3180 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB3180-Introduced.html

	88R7881 MCK-D

	By: Bell of Kaufman	H.B. No. 3180



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the review by the Sunset Advisory Commission of the sale
	of personal data by state agencies.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Chapter 325, Government Code, is amended by
	adding Section 325.0124 to read as follows:
	Sec. 325.0124. REVIEW OF AGENCY'S SALE OF PERSONAL DATA.
	(a) In this section, "personal data" means any information
	relating to an identified or identifiable individual that directly
	or indirectly identifies the individual by reference to:
	(1) an identifier for the individual, including a
	name, an identification number, location information, or an online
	identifier; or
	(2) one or more factors specific to the physical,
	physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social
	identity of the individual.
	(b) As part of its review of a state agency, the commission
	shall determine whether the state agency sells personal data the
	agency possesses. If the state agency sells personal data, the
	commission shall determine:
	(1) to whom the personal data is sold;
	(2) to the extent possible, the purpose for which the
	personal data is sold;
	(3) the amount the state agency receives for the sale
	of the personal data; and
	(4) the law that authorizes the state agency to sell
	the personal data.
	(c) The commission shall recommend prohibiting the sale of
	personal data by a state agency, unless the commission identifies a
	compelling state interest justifying the state agency's authority
	to sell the personal data. If the commission recommends continuing
	the state agency's authority to sell personal data, the commission
	shall make any recommendations it considers necessary to protect
	the personal data from improper use and dissemination.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.