HB 488
Arrest Records Must List Your Home Address And Phone Number
Filed
Verdict: No flags
Initial review · graded Nov 9, 2026 · How we grade
Caption
relating to access to information about an arrested person, an arrest, or a crime under the public information law.
Caption from analyzed text · version I.
Summary
Arrested? Police must release your name, charge, home address and phone. Starting September 1, 2027.
The bill changes the public records law so that the basic information police must release about an arrest expressly includes the arrested person's name, the offense charged, home address and telephone number. It touches people who are arrested and the police agencies and other governments that hold arrest records. Agencies must promptly release that basic information when asked, even while they seek an attorney general ruling on other parts of the same request, starting September 1, 2027.
Receipt
The receipt
90R-HB488 · 2026-11-09
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ITEM
relating to access to information about an arrested person, an arrest, or a crime under the public information law.
WHAT IT DOES
Arrested? Police must release your name, charge, home address and phone. Starting September 1, 2027.
The bill changes the public records law so that the basic information police must release about an arrest expressly includes the arrested person's name, the offense charged, home address and telephone number. It touches people who are arrested and the police agencies and other governments that hold arrest records. Agencies must promptly release that basic information when asked, even while they seek an attorney general ruling on other parts of the same request, starting September 1, 2027.
CHARGES
[ ] NONE FOUND
TOTAL
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
HISTORY
- Filed
FILED UNDER
No verified beat found.
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Donors
Not tied to this bill.
Sources
The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.
Derived itemized flow · Oct 27, 2024 to Oct 24, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$22,500.00
Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC
$22,500.00
- Cash
- $22,500.00
- Paid by others
- $0.00
- Total
- $22,500.00
Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamSources
Derived itemized flow · Oct 29, 2024 to Oct 8, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 100988470, 101011363, 101033777, 101073006.
Hernandez Law Group$11,000.00
Hernandez Law Group
$11,000.00
- Cash
- $11,000.00
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- $0.00
- Total
- $11,000.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jun 29, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Sources
Derived itemized flow · Jun 29, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 101062154, 101073006.
Texas Healthcare Neck & Back Clinics PA$10,000.00
Texas Healthcare Neck & Back Clinics PA
$10,000.00
- Cash
- $10,000.00
- Paid by others
- $0.00
- Total
- $10,000.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · on Jun 30, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Sources
Derived itemized flow · on Jun 30, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 101062154.
Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.
Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC
$22,500.00
- Cash
- $22,500.00
- Paid by others
- $0.00
- Total
- $22,500.00
Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
TEC account match.
TeamSources
Derived itemized flow · Oct 29, 2024 to Oct 8, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 100988470, 101011363, 101033777, 101073006.
Hernandez Law Group
$11,000.00
- Cash
- $11,000.00
- Paid by others
- $0.00
- Total
- $11,000.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · Jun 29, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Sources
Derived itemized flow · Jun 29, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 101062154, 101073006.
Texas Healthcare Neck & Back Clinics PA
$10,000.00
- Cash
- $10,000.00
- Paid by others
- $0.00
- Total
- $10,000.00
Also funds 0 other sitting lawmakers.
Derived recipient stock · on Jun 30, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Name match, not a verified identity: normalized filed name and state.
Sources
Derived itemized flow · on Jun 30, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.
Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.
Report IDs: 101062154.
Votes
No floor vote loaded for this bill.
Fiscal
No fiscal note in the loaded record.
How this was graded
Analysis of text version I by a super-expensive superintelligence, Nov 9, 2026, against the published rubric.
Sources
Texas House · Filed Nov 9, 2026
11/09/2026 H Filed
Texas Legislature Online · Introduced
Data snapshot Nov 10, 2026 at 2:34 AM CST. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.
Subjects
Open Records
Text
The text as introduced · 173 words
90R248 MCK-D By: Garcia Hernandez H.B. No. 488 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to access to information about an arrested person, an arrest, or a crime under the public information law. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 552.108(c), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (c) This section does not except from the requirements of Section 552.021 information that is basic information about an arrested person, an arrest, or a crime , including the name of the arrested person, the offense with which the person is charged, the person's home address, and the person's telephone number . A governmental body shall promptly release basic information responsive to a request made under this chapter unless the governmental body seeks to withhold the information as provided by another provision of this chapter, and regardless of whether the governmental body requests an attorney general decision under Subchapter G regarding other information subject to the request. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2027.