88(R) HB 2486 - Introduced version - Bill Text

	88R9808 MCK-D
	By:  Hefner	H.B.  No.  2486

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the confidentiality of certain information in a peace
	officer's or firefighter's personnel file.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION  1.    Section 552.102, Government Code, is amended by
	adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
	(c)    The following information in a peace officer's or
	firefighter's personnel file is confidential and excepted from the
	requirements of Section 552.021:
	(1)    an application for employment;
	(2)    information related to the process of hiring the
	peace officer or firefighter; and
	(3)    a letter, memorandum, or other document relating
	to alleged misconduct by the peace officer or firefighter if the
	employing department:
	(A)    determines that there is insufficient
	evidence to sustain the charge of misconduct; or
	(B)    did not take disciplinary action against the
	peace officer or firefighter for the alleged misconduct.
	SECTION  2.    The change in law made by this Act applies to
	information produced or maintained before, on, or after the
	effective date of this Act.
	SECTION  3.    This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.