Texas Public Information Act

Sen. Bettencourt’s bill to speed up public information requests flies out of the TX Senate!

Senator Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston)

SB 1579 creates a new expedited response procedure to incentivize faster direct responses Follows the passage of SB 1910 eliminating election record exemption at the OAG Senator Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) passed Senate Bill 1579 out of the Texas Senate on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, on a bipartisan vote of 20 to 10. SB 1579 creates a new expedited response procedure in order to incentivize faster direct responses to public information requests. “The PIA system in Texas is […]