Texas Senate committee approves bill closing the ‘dead suspect loophole’ in TPIA
FOIFT2023-05-19T18:25:28-05:00By Kelley Shannon FOI Foundation of Texas Legislation that would close a loophole in the Texas Public Information Act used by some police departments to withhold records when a person dies in custody won approval in a Senate committee Friday. House Bill 30 by Rep. Joe Moody, D-El Paso, and sponsored in the Senate by Sen. Phil King, R-Weatherford, was set for a sudden hearing in the Senate Business and Commerce Committee and won passage Friday morning. It next moves to the full Texas Senate. The measure passed the Texas House earlier this month. King said the "heavily negotiated" bill was [...]