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SB781 • 2025

Relating to certain files maintained by a law enforcement agency regarding certain employees of the agency.

Relating to certain files maintained by a law enforcement agency regarding certain employees of the agency.

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Passed Legislature

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

Sponsor
King
Last action
2025-05-27
Official status
05/27/2025 H Postponed
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Relating to certain files maintained by a law enforcement agency regarding certain employees of the agency.

Relating to certain files maintained by a law enforcement agency regarding certain employees of the agency.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to certain files maintained by a law enforcement agency regarding certain employees of the agency.

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  • 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. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  2. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Postponed. 5/27/25 10:15 PM

  3. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Laid out as postponed business

  4. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Point of order withdrawn

  5. 2025-05-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Postponed. 6/3/25 10:00 AM

  6. 2025-05-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  7. 2025-05-23 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  8. 2025-05-22 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  9. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  10. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

  11. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in formal meeting

  12. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

  13. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  14. 2025-05-21 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  15. 2025-05-20 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the Senate

  16. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Rules suspended-Regular order of business

  17. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  18. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  19. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Amendment(s) offered. FA1 King

  20. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Amended

  21. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  22. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Amendment(s) offered. FA2 Eckhardt

  23. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Amended

  24. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote recorded in Journal

  25. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment as amended

  26. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  27. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Three day rule suspended

  28. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  29. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  30. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  31. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote

  32. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Remarks ordered printed

  33. 2025-05-19 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  34. 2025-05-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on intent calendar

  35. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  36. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Vote taken in committee

  37. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  38. 2025-05-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report printed and distributed

  39. 2025-03-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  40. 2025-03-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  41. 2025-03-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken in committee

  42. 2025-03-25 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  43. 2025-03-06 Texas Legislature Online

    Co-author authorized

  44. 2025-02-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  45. 2025-02-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Criminal Justice

  46. 2025-01-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

  47. 2025-01-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to certain files maintained by a law enforcement agency regarding certain employees of the agency.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) SB 781 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text

By: King, et al.

S.B. No. 781

(Hefner)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to certain files maintained by a law enforcement agency

regarding certain employees of the agency.

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

SECTION 1. Subchapter J, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is

amended by adding Section 1701.45351 to read as follows:

Sec.

1701.45351.

DEPARTMENT FILE. (a) In this section,

"department file" means a file maintained by a law enforcement

agency for each license holder employed by the agency for the

agency's use.

(b)

The head of a law enforcement agency or the head's

designee shall maintain a department file on each license holder

employed by the agency.

(c)

A department file must contain any letter, memorandum,

or document relating to the license holder not included in a

personnel file maintained under a policy adopted under Section

1701.4535, including any letter, memorandum, or document relating

to alleged misconduct by the license holder for which the agency

determines there is insufficient evidence to sustain the charge of

misconduct.

(d)

As provided by Section 1701.451, a law enforcement

agency hiring a license holder is entitled to view the contents of

the license holder's department file.

(e)

A law enforcement agency shall provide contents from a

license holder's department file to the commission in accordance

with:

(1)

the law enforcement agency's policy adopted in

compliance with Section 1701.4522(b)(1)(D); or

(2)

a request by the commission as part of an ongoing

investigation relating to the license holder.

(f)

A department file maintained under this section is

subject to disclosure under Article 39.14, Code of Criminal

Procedure, or Section 511.021, Government Code.

A law enforcement

agency may disclose information contained in a license holder's

department file if the disclosure is permitted under a meet and

confer agreement entered into before September 1, 2025.

(g)

Except as provided by Subsections (d), (e), and (f), a

law enforcement agency may not release any information contained in

a license holder's department file to any other agency or person

requesting information relating to the license holder. The agency

shall refer the person or agency requesting the information to the

agency head or the head's designee. A department file maintained

under this section is confidential and not subject to disclosure

under Chapter 552, Government Code.

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