HB3719 • 2025

Relating to the availability of dates of birth under the public information law.

Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor: Hunter
Last action: 2025-05-08
Official status: 05/08/2025 S Referred to Business & Commerce
Effective date: Not listed

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Relating to the availability of dates of birth under the public information law.

What This Bill Does

Relating to the availability of dates of birth under the public information law.

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Bill History

2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online
Read first time
2025-05-08 Texas Legislature Online
Referred to Business & Commerce
2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online
Read 3rd time
2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online
Passed
2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online
Record vote. RV#1627
2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online
Reported engrossed
2025-05-07 Texas Legislature Online
Received from the House
2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online
Placed on General State Calendar
2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online
Read 2nd time
2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online
Passed to engrossment
2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online
Record vote. RV#1556
2025-05-06 Texas Legislature Online
Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
2025-05-02 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in Calendars
2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online
Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online
Committee report distributed
2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online
Committee report sent to Calendars
2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-23 Texas Legislature Online
Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
2025-04-17 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in formal meeting
2025-04-17 Texas Legislature Online
Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.
2025-04-16 Texas Legislature Online
Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
2025-04-16 Texas Legislature Online
Considered in public hearing
2025-04-16 Texas Legislature Online
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
2025-04-16 Texas Legislature Online
Left pending in committee
2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online
Read first time
2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online
Referred to Delivery of Government Efficiency
2025-03-04 Texas Legislature Online
Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the availability of dates of birth under the public information law.

Current Bill Text

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89(R) HB 3719 - Engrossed version - Bill Text

89R7521 MCK-F

By: Hunter

H.B. No. 3719

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the availability of dates of birth under the public

information law.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 552, Government Code, is

amended by adding Section 552.0223 to read as follows:

Sec.

552.0223.

DATES OF BIRTH. Notwithstanding Section

552.101, this chapter does not authorize a governmental body to

withhold a date of birth except as:

(1) permitted by Section 552.102;

(2)

permitted by the federal privacy requirements

adopted under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability

Act of 1996 (Pub. L. No. 104-191) contained in 45 C.F.R. Part 160

and 45 C.F.R. Part 164; or

(3)

otherwise provided by constitutional or statutory

law.

SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to

a request for information that is received by a governmental body or

an officer for public information on or after the effective date of

this Act. A request for information that was 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 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.