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TX SB2417

Bill

Status

Engrossed

5/12/2025

Primary Sponsor

Phil King

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Origin

Senate

89th Legislature Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Classifies written notes and typed memoranda from attorney general interviews during antitrust investigations as confidential attorney work product, exempting them from public disclosure under the Texas Public Information Act

  • Protects interview notes and memoranda from discovery requests if the attorney general files suit for antitrust violations, treating them as reflecting the mental impressions of the attorney general

  • Establishes that in antitrust actions brought by the attorney general, the attorney general is the sole party for discovery purposes

  • Specifies that the attorney general is legally considered to lack possession, custody, or control over documents held by legislators, other state officers, state agencies, or state institutions

  • Takes effect September 1, 2025

Legislative Description

Relating to investigations conducted and actions brought by the attorney general under the Texas Free Enterprise and Antitrust Act of 1983.

Business & Commerce

Last Action

Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence

5/14/2025

Committee Referrals

Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence5/14/2025
State Affairs3/25/2025

Full Bill Text

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