S.B. No. 1248         AN ACT   relating to the disclosure of certain harvest report information   submitted to the Parks and Wildlife Department.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 11, Parks and Wildlife   Code, is amended by adding Section 11.0305 to read as follows:          Sec. 11.0305.  DISCLOSURE OF HARVEST REPORT INFORMATION.   (a)  Information from a report submitted to the department relating   to the recreational harvest authorized by Chapter 42, 46, 50, or 71   of game animals, game birds, fur-bearing animals, nongame animals,   alligators, or fish or other aquatic life, including the specific   location of harvested wildlife, may not be disclosed except as   authorized by this section or Section 12.014.          (b)  Chapter 552, Government Code, does not apply to   information from a report described by Subsection (a).          (c)  The commission or the department may disclose   information from a report described by Subsection (a) to a federal   or state law enforcement agency if the agency provides a lawfully   issued subpoena.          (d)  The department may disclose statistical data and   compilations of information from a report described by Subsection   (a) in a manner that does not identify:                (1)  any person who:                      (A)  submitted the report; or                      (B)  harvested wildlife as described in the   report; or                (2)  any specific location information, including a   photograph, that could be used to identify the location where the   harvest of wildlife described in the report occurred.          (e)  The department may disclose information from a report   described by Subsection (a) only to:                (1)  an individual identified in the report or that   individual's representative;                (2)  another governmental body, including a law   enforcement entity, as needed to carry out a governmental purpose;   or                (3)  an entity contracted with the department that has   signed a nondisclosure agreement prohibiting the entity from   disclosing information from the report, if necessary for research,   analysis, or another activity the department determines to be   appropriate.          (f)  This section does not authorize the department to   disclose information the department is prohibited from disclosing   by other law.          (g)  The department and its officers and employees are immune   from civil liability for an unintentional violation of this   section.          (h)  In this section, a reference to the department includes   a reference to an agent of the department.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies to a   disclosure by the Parks and Wildlife Department of information in a   report described by Section 11.0305(a), Parks and Wildlife Code, as   added by this Act, that is made on or after the effective date of   this Act, regardless of when the report containing the information   was submitted to the department.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.             ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1248 passed the Senate on   April 10, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1248 passed the House on   May 20, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 124, Nays 22, two   present not voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________              Governor