SB 659, 66th R.S.
Providing for the establishment and operation of a criminal history record system within the Texas Department of Public Safety; relating to an individual's access to personally identifiable information maintained by an agency; excepting certain medical and investigative information; providing procedures and standards for challenging and changing personally identifiable information maintained by an agency; creating the panel on information appeals and giving it certain powers and authority; requiring certain reports of criminal justice information; placing responsibility on agencies to prevent unauthorized access to information; providing for release of certain names and addresses in connection with providing the named persons with certain educational material; providing procedures for recording disseminations of personally identifiable information by an agency; prohibiting waiver of the protection of this Act; providing remedies and penalties; and declaring an emergency.
| Chamber | Action | Comments | ↓ Date ↑ |
| S | Filed | 02/21/1979 | |
| S | Read first time | 02/26/1979 | |
| S | Referred to Committee on Jurisprudence | 02/26/1979 | |
| S | Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . . . | 03/20/1979 | |
| S | Considered by committee in public hearing | 03/20/1979 | |
| S | Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . . . | 04/03/1979 | |
| S | Scheduled for public hearing on . . . . . . | 04/17/1979 | |
| S | Considered by committee in public hearing | 04/17/1979 | |
| S | Reported from committee favorably with substitute | 04/18/1979 |
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