Bill Text: TX SB694 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the dissemination by the Department of Public Safety of criminal history record information to consumer reporting agencies.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-04-16 - Co-author authorized [SB694 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-SB694-Introduced.html

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89R2759 DNC-F
By: West S.B. No. 694

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the dissemination by the Department of Public Safety of
criminal history record information to consumer reporting
agencies.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 411.0831 to read as follows:
Sec. 411.0831. NOTICE REGARDING DISSEMINATION TO CONSUMER
REPORTING AGENCY. The department shall publish on its Internet
website, for each dissemination of criminal history record
information to a consumer reporting agency, as defined by Section
20.01, Business & Commerce Code:
(1) the name of the agency;
(2) the agency's telephone number, mailing address,
and, if available, e-mail address; and
(3) the date of the dissemination.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.