Bill Text: TX HB4003 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the redaction of personally identifiable information of victims from juvenile court records.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-16 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB4003 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB4003-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 4003 |
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relating to the redaction of personally identifiable information of | ||
victims from juvenile court records. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 58, Family Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 58.004 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 58.004. REDACTION OF VICTIM'S PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE | ||
INFORMATION. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, before disclosing | ||
any juvenile court record or file of a child as authorized by this | ||
chapter or other law, the custodian of the record or file must | ||
redact any personally identifiable information about a victim of | ||
the child's delinquent conduct or conduct indicating a need for | ||
supervision who was under 18 years of age on the date the conduct | ||
occurred. | ||
(b) This section does not apply to information that is: | ||
(1) necessary for an agency to provide services to the | ||
victim; | ||
(2) necessary for law enforcement purposes; or | ||
(3) shared within the statewide juvenile information | ||
and case management system established under Subchapter E. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies to information and documents | ||
relating to juvenile court cases without regard to whether the | ||
conduct that is the basis of the case occurred before, on, or after | ||
the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 4003 was passed by the House on May 5, | ||
2015, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 4003 on May 23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 128, Nays 0, | ||
1 present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 4003 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |