Bill Text: TX HB3772 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed
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Bill Title: Relating to combating human trafficking by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-24 - Removed from local & uncontested calendar [HB3772 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3772-Engrossed.html
Bill Title: Relating to combating human trafficking by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-05-24 - Removed from local & uncontested calendar [HB3772 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB3772-Engrossed.html
88R20098 SHH-F | ||
By: Thompson of Harris, et al. | H.B. No. 3772 |
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relating to combating human trafficking by the Texas Department of | ||
Licensing and Regulation. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 51, Occupations Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subchapter K to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER K. COMBATING HUMAN TRAFFICKING | ||
Sec. 51.551. ANTI-TRAFFICKING ACTIVITIES. The department | ||
may combat human trafficking by: | ||
(1) establishing within the department an | ||
anti-trafficking unit; | ||
(2) identifying businesses operating within | ||
industries regulated by the department that are impacted by human | ||
trafficking; and | ||
(3) coordinating with: | ||
(A) the office of the attorney general, including | ||
any council, task force, or work group established by that office to | ||
combat human trafficking; | ||
(B) local, state, and federal law enforcement | ||
agencies; and | ||
(C) any nongovernmental entity engaged in | ||
efforts to combat human trafficking or assist victims. | ||
Sec. 51.552. RULES. The commission may adopt rules to | ||
combat human trafficking for any program regulated by the | ||
department, including rules for conducting inspections and | ||
investigations under Section 51.351. | ||
Sec. 51.553. CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS IDENTIFYING | ||
VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING. (a) Information that identifies an | ||
individual as a victim of human trafficking is confidential and | ||
excepted from disclosure under Section 552.021, Government Code. | ||
(b) The department may withhold the information without the | ||
necessity of requesting a decision from the attorney general under | ||
Subchapter G, Chapter 552, Government Code. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |