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Senate approves statewide rules limiting public release of some law‑enforcement personnel file material
Summary
Lawmakers passed a measure standardizing which internal law‑enforcement personnel records are public and which are confidential, while preserving disclosure required in criminal proceedings and certain discovery rules.
The Texas Senate approved a bill that standardizes how law‑enforcement agencies maintain and disclose internal personnel records, creating a statewide model for what material is public and what may be kept confidential.
Senator Kelly King sponsored the measure and described the bill as a way to codify a department‑file model policy already adopted by many Texas cities. The bill narrows public access to…
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