HB 1893

H.B. No. 1893
  AN ACT
  relating to the disclosure under the public information law of a
  motor vehicle license plate number captured in a video recording
  obtained or maintained by a law enforcement agency.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 552.130, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
         (f)  The license plate number of a motor vehicle captured
  visually or audibly in a video recording obtained or maintained by a
  law enforcement agency is not confidential under this section or
  Chapter 730, Transportation Code, and may be included in a video
  recording disclosed under Section 552.021.  This subsection does
  not preclude a law enforcement agency from asserting other
  exceptions to the disclosure of the information under this chapter.
         SECTION 2.  Section 730.007, Transportation Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
         (h)  A law enforcement agency may release a video recording
  obtained or maintained by the law enforcement agency that includes
  the license plate number of a motor vehicle captured visually or
  audibly in the video in response to a request for public information
  under Chapter 552, Government Code.  The law enforcement agency is
  not required to redact any license plate numbers before releasing
  the video.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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     President of the Senate
  Speaker of the House     
         I certify that H.B. No. 1893 was passed by the House on April
  29, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
         I certify that H.B. No. 1893 was passed by the Senate on May
  20, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 26, Nays 5.
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  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
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                   Governor