Bill Text: TX HB1609 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the confidentiality of certain grand juror information.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-15 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB1609 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1609-Introduced.html
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By: Tinderholt | H.B. No. 1609 |
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relating to the confidentiality of certain grand juror information. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article 19.42, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Art. 19.42. PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT GRAND JURORS. (a) | ||
Except as provided by Subsection (b), information collected by the | ||
court, court personnel, or prosecuting attorney during the grand | ||
jury selection process about a person who serves as a grand juror, | ||
including the person's name, home address, home telephone number, | ||
social security number, driver's license number, and other personal | ||
information, is confidential and may not be disclosed by the court, | ||
court personnel, or prosecuting attorney. | ||
(b) On application by a party to the proceeding, or on | ||
application by a member of the news media acting in that capacity, | ||
to the court for the disclosure of information described by | ||
Subsection (a), the court shall, on a showing of good cause, [ |
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SECTION 2. Article 19.42, Code of Criminal Procedure, as | ||
amended by this Act, applies to an application for disclosure of | ||
grand juror information that is filed on or after the effective date | ||
of this Act, regardless of whether the applicable grand juror who is | ||
the subject of the information served on a grand jury impaneled | ||
before, on, or after that date. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |