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  H.B. No. 30
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to access to certain law enforcement, corrections, and
  prosecutorial records under the public information law.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 552.108, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
         (d)  The exception to disclosure provided by Subsection
  (a)(2) does not apply to information, records, or notations if:
               (1)  a person who is described by or depicted in the
  information, record, or notation, other than a peace officer, is
  deceased or incapacitated; or
               (2)  each person who is described by or depicted in the
  information, record, or notation, other than a person who is
  deceased or incapacitated, consents to the release of the
  information, record, or notation.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to a request for public information received by a governmental body
  or an officer for public information on or after the effective date
  of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 30 was passed by the House on May 5,
  2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 118, Nays 24, 2 present, not
  voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
  H.B. No. 30 on May 23, 2023, and requested the appointment of a
  conference committee to consider the differences between the two
  houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
  on H.B. No. 30 on May 28, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 125,
  Nays 15, 2 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 30 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 22, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
  committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
  that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
  30 on May 28, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor