Tex. Occ. Code § 51.553 · Subchapter K. COMBATING HUMAN TRAFFICKING
CONFIDENTIALITY OF RECORDS IDENTIFYING VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Information that identifies an individual as a victim of human trafficking is confidential and excepted from disclosure under Section 552.021, Government Code.
(b) The department may withhold the information without the necessity of requesting a decision from the attorney general under Subchapter G, Chapter 552, Government Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 41 (S.B. 610), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.51.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
- the Legislature enacted more than one unit numbered 51.553; this is the one the Council prints in oc.51.htm
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