Bill Text: TX HB4615 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relating to the confidentiality of certain information concerning service members of the state military forces.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-11 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB4615 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB4615-Enrolled.html
 
 
  H.B. No. 4615
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the confidentiality of certain information concerning
  service members of the state military forces.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 437.232(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  In this section, "military personnel information" means
  a service member's name, Department of Defense identification
  number, home address, rank, official title, pay rate or grade,
  state active duty orders, deployment locations, military duty
  addresses, awards and decorations, length of military service, and
  medical records.
         SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply 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 September 1, 2023.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4615 was passed by the House on April
  20, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 4615 was passed by the Senate on May
  17, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor       
feedback