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90R3954 GP-F
By: Moody
H.B. No. 669
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the availability of identifying 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, 2027.