HB 5249

relating to the confidentiality of certain information maintained
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Section, 552.11765(b), (c), and (e), Government
Code, is amended to read as follows:
(b)  Except as provided by Subsections (c) and (d),
information maintained by a governmental body described by Section
552.003(1)(A)(i) is confidential and excepted from the
requirements of Section 552.021 if the information:
(1)  is a license application; or
(2)  is a [relates to the] home address, home telephone
number, personal electronic mail address, social security number,
date of birth, driver's license number, state identification
number, passport number, emergency contact information, or
[payment] information made confidential under Section 552.136 of:
(A)  an applicant for a license issued by the
(B)  an individual who holds a license issued by
(C)  an individual who previously held a license
issued by the governmental body.
(c)  Subsection (b) does not make confidential or except from
required public disclosure the name, license number, [or] license
status, business address, business telephone number, or business
electronic mail address of an applicant for a license, a license
holder, or an individual who previously held a license.
(e)  A licensing authority may withhold information made
confidential by subsection (b) without requesting a decision from
the attorney general.  [To the extent of any conflict, this section
prevails over another law that authorizes or requires the release
of information maintained by a governmental body.]
SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.