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HB2413 • 2025

Relating to the authority of a county to dispose of sensitive media devices.

Relating to the authority of a county to dispose of sensitive media devices.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Garcia Hernandez, Cassandra | Guillen | Jones, Venton | Anchía
Last action
2025-05-15
Official status
05/15/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Relating to the authority of a county to dispose of sensitive media devices.

Relating to the authority of a county to dispose of sensitive media devices.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the authority of a county to dispose of sensitive media devices.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Companion considered in lieu of. SB 1079

  2. 2025-05-15 Texas Legislature Online

    Laid on the table subject to call

  3. 2025-05-12 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  4. 2025-05-10 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  5. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  6. 2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  7. 2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  8. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Recalled from subcommittee

  9. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  10. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  11. 2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing in s/c on . . .

  12. 2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered by s/c in public hearing

  13. 2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in subcommittee

  14. 2025-04-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in subcommittee

  15. 2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  16. 2025-03-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to s/c on County & Regional Government by Speaker

  17. 2025-02-04 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the authority of a county to dispose of sensitive media devices.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 2413 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text

89R4554 DRS-D

By: Garcia Hernandez, et al.

H.B. No. 2413

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of a county to dispose of sensitive media

devices.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 263, Local Government

Code, is amended by adding Section 263.1521 to read as follows:

Sec.

263.1521.

DISPOSITION OF CERTAIN SENSITIVE MEDIA

DEVICES. (a)

In this section, "sensitive media device" means a

data storage device that the commissioners court of a county

determines the county has used to store data the maintenance or

disclosure of which is regulated by state or federal law.

(b)

Notwithstanding Section 263.152, the commissioners

court of a county may order the destruction of a sensitive media

device:

(1) that is salvage or surplus property; and

(2)

for which the commissioners court determines that

the destruction of the sensitive media device is necessary to

prevent inadvertent disclosure of information in connection with

the disposal of the device.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.