Texas Legislature passes TPIA ‘required response’ bill, sends it to governor
FOIFT2025-05-23T12:04:40-05:00By Kelley Shannon FOI Foundation Executive Director The Texas Senate on Tuesday unanimously passed House Bill 4219 by Sen. Judith Zaffirini and Rep. Giovanni Capriglione, which requires governments to respond to public information requestors or face consequences. HB 4219 - already approved by the House - has now been sent to Gov. Greg Abbott. Unfortunately, some government officials currently do not respond to every Texas Public Information Act request. Some ignore information requests. Some don't respond if there are no responsive records or if they have a previous attorney general ruling allowing the specific records to be withheld. HB 4219 would [...]