Bill Text: TX SB487 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the confidentiality of identifying information of victims of certain offenses.

Sponsorship: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 8-1)

Status: (Passed) 2025-05-13 - Effective on 9/1/25 [SB487 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-SB487-Enrolled.html

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S.B. No. 487

AN ACT
relating to the confidentiality of identifying information of
victims of certain offenses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter D, Chapter 58, Code of
Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER D. CONFIDENTIALITY OF IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OF
VICTIMS OF STALKING, INVASIVE VISUAL RECORDING, OR INDECENT ASSAULT
SECTION 2. Article 58.151, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended to read as follows:
Art. 58.151. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "victim"
means a person who is the subject of:
(1) an offense that allegedly constitutes:
(A) stalking under Section 42.072, Penal Code;
(B) invasive visual recording under Section
21.15, Penal Code; or
(C) indecent assault under Section 22.012, Penal
Code; or
(2) an offense that is part of the same criminal
episode, as defined by Section 3.01, Penal Code, as an offense
described by Subdivision (1) [under Section 42.072, Penal Code].
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 487 passed the Senate on
March 26, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 487 passed the House on
April 29, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, three
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor