Bill Text: TX SB335 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to meetings of the Family and Protective Services Council broadcast over the Internet.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Vetoed) 2023-06-18 - Vetoed by the Governor [SB335 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB335-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 335 | ||
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| relating to meetings of the Family and Protective Services Council | ||
| broadcast over the Internet. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 40.026, Human Resources Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: | ||
| (d) For each open meeting of the council, the department | ||
| shall: | ||
| (1) broadcast over the Internet live video and audio | ||
| of the meeting and provide access to the broadcast on the | ||
| department's Internet website; or | ||
| (2) not later than the end of the second business day | ||
| after the day a meeting is held, make available through the | ||
| department's Internet website archived video and audio of the | ||
| meeting until the second anniversary of the date the archived video | ||
| and audio was first made available on the website. | ||
| SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
| a Family and Protective Services Council meeting held on or after | ||
| the effective date of this Act. A meeting held before the effective | ||
| date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date of the | ||
| meeting, 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 hereby certify that S.B. No. 335 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 18, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 335 passed the House on | ||
| May 24, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 119, Nays 19, one | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
