Bill Text: TX HB3091 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the confidentiality of and prohibiting disclosure of the location or physical layout of a family violence shelter center or victims of trafficking shelter center; creating a criminal offense.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB3091 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3091-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3091 |
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relating to the confidentiality of and prohibiting disclosure of | ||
the location or physical layout of a family violence shelter center | ||
or victims of trafficking shelter center; creating a criminal | ||
offense. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 552.138, Government Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection (b-1) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) Information maintained by a family violence shelter | ||
center, victims of trafficking shelter center, or sexual assault | ||
program is excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021 if it | ||
is information that relates to: | ||
(1) the home address, home telephone number, or social | ||
security number of an employee or a volunteer worker of a family | ||
violence shelter center, victims of trafficking shelter center, or | ||
sexual assault program, regardless of whether the employee or | ||
worker complies with Section 552.024; | ||
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or numeric identifier of a current or former client of a family | ||
violence shelter center, victims of trafficking shelter center, or | ||
sexual assault program; | ||
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counseling and sheltering, to a current or former client of a family | ||
violence shelter center, victims of trafficking shelter center, or | ||
sexual assault program; | ||
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number of a private donor to a family violence shelter center, | ||
victims of trafficking shelter center, or sexual assault program; | ||
or | ||
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a member of the board of directors or the board of trustees of a | ||
family violence shelter center, victims of trafficking shelter | ||
center, or sexual assault program, regardless of whether the board | ||
member complies with Section 552.024. | ||
(b-1) Information that relates to the location or physical | ||
layout of a family violence shelter center or victims of | ||
trafficking shelter center is confidential. | ||
(c) A governmental body may redact information maintained | ||
by a family violence shelter center, victims of trafficking shelter | ||
center, or sexual assault program that may be withheld under | ||
Subsection (b)(1) or (5) or that is confidential under Subsection | ||
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under Section 552.021 without the necessity of requesting a | ||
decision from the attorney general under Subchapter G. | ||
SECTION 2. Chapter 42, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
Section 42.075 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 42.075. DISCLOSURE OF CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION | ||
REGARDING FAMILY VIOLENCE OR VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING SHELTER CENTER. | ||
(a) In this section, "family violence shelter center" and "victims | ||
of trafficking shelter center" have the meanings assigned by | ||
Section 552.138, Government Code. | ||
(b) A person commits an offense if the person, with the | ||
intent to threaten the safety of any inhabitant of a family violence | ||
shelter center or victims of trafficking shelter center, discloses | ||
or publicizes the location or physical layout of the center. | ||
(c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor. | ||
(d) If conduct constituting an offense under this section | ||
also constitutes an offense under Section 552.352, Government Code, | ||
the actor may be prosecuted under either section. | ||
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a request for public information received on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. A request 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3091 was passed by the House on May 8, | ||
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3091 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |