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TX HB3711
Bill
Status
6/20/2025
Primary Sponsor
Giovanni Capriglione
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AI Summary
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Law enforcement agencies must simultaneously submit to the Attorney General's open records division any report stating probable cause that a person committed an open meetings law violation (Chapter 551, Government Code) when submitting such reports to local prosecutors
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District attorneys, criminal district attorneys, and county attorneys may request investigative assistance from the Attorney General's open records division for open meetings law prosecutions
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The Attorney General's office may request all non-public investigation information from law enforcement agencies and prosecutors handling open meetings cases
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Prosecutors who decline to prosecute or terminate an investigation of an open meetings offense must publish notice of that decision and their reasoning on their office's website for at least one year
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Takes effect September 1, 2025
Legislative Description
Relating to assistance in the investigation of certain open meetings offenses by the open records division of the attorney general's office.
Education
Last Action
Effective on 9/1/25
6/20/2025