Bill Text: TX SB1587 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the enforceability of certain nondisclosure or confidentiality provisions with respect to an act of sexual abuse committed against a child.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-03-10 - Referred to State Affairs [SB1587 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SB1587-Introduced.html
| 89R4591 AMF-D | ||
| By: Hancock | S.B. No. 1587 | |
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| relating to the enforceability of certain nondisclosure or | ||
| confidentiality provisions with respect to an act of sexual abuse | ||
| committed against a child. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Title 6, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Chapter 129C to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 129C. AGREEMENTS PROHIBITING DISCLOSURES REGARDING CHILD | ||
| SEXUAL ABUSE | ||
| Sec. 129C.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
| (1) "Act of sexual abuse" means conduct described by | ||
| one or more of the following penal laws: | ||
| (A) indecency with a child under Section 21.11, | ||
| Penal Code; | ||
| (B) sexual assault under Section 22.011, Penal | ||
| Code; | ||
| (C) aggravated sexual assault under Section | ||
| 22.021, Penal Code; | ||
| (D) sexual performance by a child under Section | ||
| 43.25, Penal Code; | ||
| (E) trafficking of persons under Section | ||
| 20A.02(a)(3), (4), (7), or (8), Penal Code; and | ||
| (F) compelling prostitution under Section 43.05, | ||
| Penal Code. | ||
| (2) "Child" means a person younger than 17 years of | ||
| age. | ||
| Sec. 129C.002. CERTAIN PROVISIONS UNENFORCEABLE. Any | ||
| provision of a nondisclosure or confidentiality agreement, | ||
| employment agreement, settlement agreement, or any other agreement | ||
| is void and unenforceable as against the public policy of this state | ||
| to the extent the provision: | ||
| (1) prohibits a party from notifying, or limits the | ||
| party's ability to notify, a local or state law enforcement agency | ||
| or any state or federal regulatory agency of an act of sexual abuse | ||
| committed against a child; or | ||
| (2) prohibits a party from disclosing to any person, | ||
| including during any related investigation, prosecution, legal | ||
| proceeding, or dispute resolution, facts surrounding any act of | ||
| sexual abuse committed against a child, including the identity of | ||
| the alleged offender. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to an | ||
| agreement entered into before, on, or after the effective date of | ||
| this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
