Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 129C.002 · Chapter 129C. AGREEMENTS PROHIBITING DISCLOSURES REGARDING SEXUAL ABUSE
CERTAIN PROVISIONS UNENFORCEABLE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Any provision of a nondisclosure or confidentiality agreement or nondisclosure or confidentiality provision of an employment agreement, settlement agreement, or any other agreement is void and unenforceable as against the public policy of this state to the extent the provision prohibits a person, including a party, from disclosing an act of sexual abuse or facts related to an act of sexual abuse to any other person. Nothing in this section may be construed to prohibit a person, including a party, from agreeing to keep confidential any other provision of a settlement agreement, including the amount or payment terms of a settlement.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 777 (S.B. 835), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.129C.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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