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SB 1749 Texas Senate · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to the confidentiality of certain information for commissioners and employees whose duties relate to the administration of the judicial branch of state government and the commissioners' and employees' family members.

SB 1749 requires county registrars to omit the residence addresses of specific judicial branch personnel from public voter registration lists. It directly affects federal judges (including bankruptcy judges), state judges, court clerks, court administrators, employees of the Office of Court Administration, members of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct, and their family members. The bill amends election code sections to mandate this privacy protection while keeping other registration information public. It also creates a notification system for the director to inform relevant agencies about who qualifies for this confidential treatment.
Issues: ✓ TechnologySupports TechnologyBill mandates omission of judicial personnel addresses from public voter lists, directly protecting personal data privacy per subject 'Protection of Personal Information'95% confidence
Bill status passed 3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
May 2025
Senate Passage
May 2025
House Passage
Governor
Introduced Feb 28, 2025 Last action May 25, 2025
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Introduced → Engrossed · 5 edits · May 25, 2025
MODERATE
This bill expands privacy protections for judges, court employees, and related personnel by adding new categories of protected individuals and updating confidentiality requirements across multiple state codes. The changes ensure that sensitive information like home addresses and contact details for these individuals are kept confidential from public records and driver's licenses.
Scope change
The bill significantly broadens the scope of protected individuals beyond just judges and court staff to include military personnel, attorneys, child protective services workers, and other law enforcement and public officials.
ELIGIBILITY

Added new categories of protected individuals including military service members, federal and state attorneys, child protective services caseworkers, and various law enforcement roles to the list of people whose personal information must be kept confidential.

REQUIREMENT

Updated requirements for county and district clerks to redact personal information from documents posted on internet websites when requested by protected individuals.

Modified driver's license requirements to allow omission of residence addresses for protected individuals and instead display courthouse or office addresses.

TIMELINE

Added a deadline requiring the Department of Public Safety to review and report on implementation of driver's license privacy procedures by November 1, 2026.

DEFINITION

Updated definitions and applicability criteria in multiple state codes to align with the expanded list of protected individuals and their family members.

Floor votes

How they voted

This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
23
Key actions
6
Committee
6
May 25, 2025
Introduced
Received from the Senate
lower
May 25, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed
upper
May 9, 2025
Upper · Passed
Committee report printed and distributed
upper
May 9, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported favorably as substituted
upper
May 8, 2025
Upper · Passed
Vote taken in committee
upper
May 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
Left pending in committee
upper
May 1, 2025
Upper · Passed
Testimony taken in committee
upper
Mar 13, 2025
Committee
Referred to Business & Commerce
upper
Mar 13, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
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Brandon Creighton
RRepublican
TX
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