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CS/SB 710: Public Records/Crime Stoppers Organizations

PUBLIC RECORDS/GENERAL BILL by Criminal Justice ; Osgood

Public Records/Crime Stoppers Organizations; Providing an exemption from public records requirements for specified personal identifying and location information of employees of crime stoppers organizations and the board members and volunteers of such crime stoppers organizations; providing for future legislative review and repeal of the exemption; providing for retroactive application; providing a statement of public necessity, etc.

Effective Date: 7/1/2025
Last Action: 5/3/2025 House - Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
Bill Text: Web Page | PDF
Senate Committee References:
  1. Criminal Justice (CJ)
  2. Governmental Oversight and Accountability (GO)
  3. Rules (RC)

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  • Bill History

    Date Chamber Action
    2/13/2025 Senate • Filed
    2/25/2025 Senate • Referred to Criminal Justice; Governmental Oversight and Accountability; Rules
    3/4/2025 Senate • Introduced
    3/6/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/11/25, 1:30 pm, 37 Senate Building
    3/11/2025 Senate • CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 9 NAYS 0
    3/12/2025 Senate • Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
    • Now in Governmental Oversight and Accountability
    • CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time
    3/27/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Governmental Oversight and Accountability, 04/01/25, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
    4/1/2025 Senate • Favorable by Governmental Oversight and Accountability; YEAS 7 NAYS 0
    • Now in Rules
    4/3/2025 Senate • On Committee agenda-- Rules, 04/08/25, 9:00 am, 412 Knott Building
    4/8/2025 Senate • Favorable by- Rules; YEAS 22 NAYS 2
    • Placed on Calendar, on 2nd reading
    4/10/2025 Senate • Placed on Special Order Calendar, 04/16/25
    4/16/2025 Senate • Read 2nd time -SJ 433
    • Read 3rd time -SJ 433
    • CS passed; YEAS 36 NAYS 0 -SJ 433
    • Immediately certified -SJ 444
    4/16/2025 House • In Messages
    5/3/2025 House • Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration

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  • CS/SB 710, Committee Substitute 1 (Current Bill Version) Posted 3/12/2025 at 10:32 AM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Pre-Meeting) 3/31/2025 (pdf)
    Governmental Oversight and Accountability (Post-Meeting) 4/1/2025 (pdf)
    Rules (Pre-Meeting) 4/7/2025 (pdf)
    Rules (Post-Meeting) 4/8/2025 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 397 (c1) Public Records/Crime Stoppers Organizations Criminal Justice Subcommittee Similar Last Action: 5/3/2025 H Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration

    Committee Votes (2)

    Date Committee Result
    4/1/2025 1:30 PM Governmental Oversight and Accountability 7 Yeas - 0 Nays
    4/8/2025 9:00 AM Rules 22 Yeas - 2 Nays

    Floor Votes (1)

    Date Chamber Result
    4/16/2025 2:24 PM Senate 36 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    119.071 General exemptions from inspection or copying of public records. Page 1 (pdf)

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  • SB 710, Original Filed Version Posted 2/13/2025 at 12:18 PM

    Bill Text:   Web Page | PDF
    Analyses:   Criminal Justice (Pre-Meeting) 3/10/2025 (pdf)
    Criminal Justice (Post-Meeting) 3/12/2025 (pdf)

    Related Bills (1)

    Bill Number Subject Filed By Relationship Last Action and Location Track Bills
    H 397 Public Records/Crime Stoppers Organizations Criminal Justice Subcommittee Identical Last Action: 5/3/2025 H Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration

    Committee Amendments (1)

    Amendment Sponsor Filed Last Committee Action Format
    694258 - Amendment
    Delete lines 351 - 358 and insert:
    Criminal Justice
    (Osgood)
    3/10/2025
    1:15 PM
    Replaced by Committee Substitute
    3/11/2025
    Web Page
    PDF

    Committee Votes (1)

    Date Committee Result
    3/11/2025 1:30 PM Criminal Justice 9 Yeas - 0 Nays

    Citations - Statutes (1)

    Citation Catchline Location in Bill Location In Bill Help
    119.071 General exemptions from inspection or copying of public records. Page 1 (pdf)

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