(WBAP/KLIF) — Lt. Governor Dan Patrick may allow an open records law to die in the Senate. With two days left in the 88th Legislative Session, House Bill 30 appears to be running out of time.
State Representative Joe Moody’s Chief of Staff, Ellic Sahualla, explains how the bill affects the Open Records Act.
House Bill 30 is intended to close the “dead suspects loophole” allowing law enforcement to keep records secret that involve mass shootings. Sahualla says the original 1990’s law wasn’t intended to keep information from the public and the way it’s currently written, the release of the hallway footage of the officers’ response to the Uvalde shooting was actually done illegally.
Unless Patrick calls a special conference committee to discuss House Bill 30, it will die in the senate. If the law is not passed, the public may never receive information on incidents such as the Uvalde school shooting.
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