HB 4490

relating to an exemption from required disclosure of information
related to the next of kin of deceased persons.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section 11, Article 49.25, Code of Criminal
Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d)  The information relating to the next of kin of a
decedent is excepted from required public disclosure in accordance
with Chapter 552, Government Code, but is subject to disclosure
under subpoena or authority of other law.
SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies to a
request for information that is received by a governmental body or
an officer of 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
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.