Bill Text: TX SB821 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the review by the Sunset Advisory Commission of the sale of personal data by state agencies.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-02 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB821 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB821-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 821 | ||
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| relating to the review by the Sunset Advisory Commission of the sale | ||
| of personal data by state agencies. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 325, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 325.0124 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 325.0124. REVIEW OF AGENCY'S SALE OF PERSONAL DATA. | ||
| (a) In this section, "personal data" means any information | ||
| relating to an identified or identifiable individual that directly | ||
| or indirectly identifies the individual by reference to: | ||
| (1) an identifier for the individual, including a | ||
| name, an identification number, location information, or an online | ||
| identifier; or | ||
| (2) one or more factors specific to the physical, | ||
| physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural, or social | ||
| identity of the individual. | ||
| (b) As part of its review of a state agency, the commission | ||
| shall determine whether the state agency sells personal data the | ||
| agency possesses. If the state agency sells personal data, the | ||
| commission shall determine: | ||
| (1) to whom the personal data is sold; | ||
| (2) to the extent possible, the purpose for which the | ||
| personal data is sold; | ||
| (3) the amount the state agency receives for the sale | ||
| of the personal data; and | ||
| (4) the law that authorizes the state agency to sell | ||
| the personal data. | ||
| (c) The commission shall recommend prohibiting the sale of | ||
| personal data by a state agency, unless the commission identifies a | ||
| compelling state or public interest justifying the state agency's | ||
| authority to sell the personal data. If the commission recommends | ||
| continuing the state agency's authority to sell personal data, the | ||
| commission shall make any recommendations it considers necessary to | ||
| protect the personal data from improper use and dissemination. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 821 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 5, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 821 passed the House on | ||
| May 17, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, one | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
