Bill Text: TX HB1366 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to criminal background check requirements for judges to access vital records maintained by the Department of State Health Services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-05-01 - Left pending in committee [HB1366 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB1366-Introduced.html

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88R5914 LRM-F
By: Vasut H.B. No. 1366

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to criminal background check requirements for judges to
access vital records maintained by the Department of State Health
Services.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 191.071(b), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The department may adopt a policy waiving the
requirement of a fingerprint-based background check for:
(1) a person who previously submitted to a
fingerprint-based background check as a condition of licensure by a
state agency; or
(2) a person serving as a judge or justice of the
supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, a court of appeals, a
district court, a criminal district court, a constitutional county
court, a statutory county court, a justice court, or a municipal
court.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.