By: Dyson (Senate Sponsor - Johnson) H.B. No. 3516          (In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2025;   May 19, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Business &   Commerce; May 25, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote:     Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 25, 2025, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to the availability of certain working papers and   electronic communications of certain administrative law judges and   technical examiners under the public information law.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 552.144, Government Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 552.144.  EXCEPTION: WORKING PAPERS AND ELECTRONIC   COMMUNICATIONS OF ADMINISTRATIVE LAW JUDGES AND TECHNICAL   EXAMINERS AT STATE OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS AND RAILROAD   COMMISSION. The following working papers and electronic   communications of an administrative law judge at the State Office   of Administrative Hearings or of a technical examiner or   administrative law judge at the Railroad Commission of Texas are   excepted from the requirements of Section 552.021:                (1)  notes and electronic communications recording the   observations, thoughts, questions, deliberations, or impressions   of an administrative law judge or a technical examiner;                (2)  drafts of a proposal for decision;                (3)  drafts of orders made in connection with   conducting contested case hearings; and                (4)  drafts of orders made in connection with   conducting alternative dispute resolution procedures.          SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   a request for public information received by a governmental body or   an officer for public information on or after the effective date of   this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.     * * * * *