Moody’s bill naming execution drug suppliers

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89R4685 GP-F

By: Moody
H.B. No. 1853

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the availability of certain information regarding

persons who provide materials used in the execution of a convict.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 552.1081, Government Code, is amended to

read as follows:

Sec. 552.1081. EXCEPTION: CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN

INFORMATION REGARDING EXECUTION OF CONVICT. (a) Information is

excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if it contains

identifying information that is confidential under Article

43.14(b) [ 43.14 ], Code of Criminal Procedure, including that of[ :

[ (1) ] any person who participates in an execution

procedure, including a person who uses [ , supplies, ] or administers

a substance during the execution .

(b) The exception to disclosure provided by Subsection (a)

does not apply to identifying information about a [ ; and

[ (2) any ] person or entity that manufactures,

transports, tests, procures, compounds, prescribes, dispenses, or

provides a substance or supplies used in an execution.

SECTION 2. Article 43.14, Code of Criminal Procedure, is

amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to

read as follows:

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the [ The ] name,

address, and other identifying information of [ the following is

confidential and excepted from disclosure under Section 552.021,

Government Code:

[ (1) ] any person who participates in an execution

procedure described by Subsection (a), including a person who uses

[ , supplies, ] or administers a substance during the execution , is

confidential and excepted from required disclosure under Section

552.021, Government Code.

(c) The name, address, and other identifying information of

[ ; and

[ (2) ] any person or entity that manufactures,

transports, tests, procures, compounds, prescribes, dispenses, or

provides a substance or supplies used in an execution is public

information, is not confidential, and is not excepted from required

disclosure under Section 552.021, Government Code .

SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to

a request for information that is received by a governmental body or

officer for public information on or after the effective date of

this Act.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.