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Committee weighs expanding Public Information Act to some large nonprofits and tightening attorney‑client privilege
Summary
Senators examined House Bill 111, a measure that would extend parts of the Texas Public Information Act to larger nonprofit state associations and narrow some exceptions used to withhold records.
Senator Hughes introduced House Bill 111 to the Committee on Business & Commerce as a transparency measure to apply the Public Information Act to larger nonprofit state associations and to narrow some exceptions used to withhold records.
Hughes said, “House Bill 111 is about transparency. It's about sunshine and public access to government records,” and explained that the committee substitute raised the employee threshold from 15 to 30 full‑time employees after stakeholder feedback so small organizations without capacity…
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