bill opening more police and prosecutor records when no conviction

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89R12032 MCK-F

By: Moody
H.B. No. 2961

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to access under the public information law to certain

information held by a law enforcement agency or prosecutor.

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

SECTION 1. Section 552.108(d), Government Code, as added by

Chapter 986 (H.B. 30), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular

Session, 2023, is redesignated as Section 552.108(c-1), Government

Code, and amended to read as follows:

(c-1) [ (d) ] The exceptions [ exception ] to disclosure

provided by Subsections [ Subsection ] (a)(2) and (b)(2) do [ does ]

not apply to information, records, or notations if:

(1) a person who is described by or depicted in the

information, record, or notation, other than a peace officer, is

deceased or incapacitated; or

(2) each person who is described by or depicted in the

information, record, or notation, other than a person who is

deceased or incapacitated, consents to the release of the

information, record, or notation.

SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act to Section

552.108, Government Code, apply only to a request for information

that is received by a governmental body or an officer or employee of

a governmental body on or after the effective date of this Act. A

request for information that was received before the effective date

of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the request

was received, and the former law is continued in effect for that

purpose.

SECTION 3. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails

over another Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025,

relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted

codes.

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