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TX SB3013

Bill

Status

Introduced

3/14/2025

Primary Sponsor

Charles Creighton

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Origin

Senate

89th Legislature Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Removes the requirement to disclose the fair market value category of blind trusts in personal financial statements filed with the Texas Ethics Commission

  • Expands privacy protections by requiring the commission to remove home addresses from financial statements of all state officers, candidates for elective office, and state party chairs before public viewing (previously only applied to judges/justices and Texas Civil Commitment Office officials)

  • Requires the commission to remove home addresses, telephone numbers, and names of dependent children from all financial statements before public disclosure or posting online

  • Changes notification procedures for non-compliance: the commission must now send violation determinations directly to the individual rather than to prosecuting attorneys

  • Applies only to financial statements required to be filed on or after September 1, 2025

Legislative Description

Relating to the contents and filing of personal financial statements with the Texas Ethics Commission and the removal of certain information in certain statements from public view.

State Officers

Last Action

Committee report printed and distributed

4/16/2025

Committee Referrals

State Affairs4/7/2025

Full Bill Text

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