H.B. No. 3711         AN ACT   relating to assistance in the investigation of certain open   meetings offenses by the open records division of the attorney   general's office.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 2A, Code of Criminal   Procedure, is amended by adding Article 2A.067 to read as follows:          Art. 2A.067.  PROVISION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION TO ATTORNEY   GENERAL. (a)  A law enforcement agency that submits to the office   of a district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county   attorney a report stating there is probable cause to believe an   identified person has committed a criminal offense under Chapter   551, Government Code, shall simultaneously submit a copy of that   report to the open records division of the attorney general's   office.          (b)  On request of the attorney general, a law enforcement   agency shall provide all requested information that has not been   made publicly available regarding an investigation of an offense   under Chapter 551, Government Code, to the open records division of   the attorney general's office.          SECTION 2.  Subchapter C, Chapter 2A, Code of Criminal   Procedure, is amended by adding Article 2A.112 to read as follows:          Art. 2A.112.  INVESTIGATION OF OPEN MEETING OFFENSES. (a) A   district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney   representing the state in the prosecution of a criminal offense   under Chapter 551, Government Code, may request the assistance of   the open records division of the attorney general's office in the   investigation of the offense.          (b)  On request of the attorney general, the district   attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney   representing the state in the prosecution of a criminal offense   under Chapter 551, Government Code, shall provide to the open   records division of the attorney general's office all requested   information that has not been made publicly available regarding the   investigation of the offense.          (c)  If a district attorney, criminal district attorney, or   county attorney who receives a report under Article 2A.067(a) or   who represents the state in the prosecution of a criminal offense   under Chapter 551, Government Code, decides to not prosecute or to   terminate the investigation of a case regarding an offense under   that chapter, the attorney shall publish on any Internet website   maintained by the attorney's office, for a period of not less than   one year:                (1)  notice of the attorney's decision to not prosecute   or to terminate the investigation of the case; and                (2)  the attorney's reason for not prosecuting or for   terminating the investigation of the case.          SECTION 3.  Subchapter B, Chapter 402, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 402.02801 to read as follows:          Sec. 402.02801.  INVESTIGATION OF OPEN MEETING OFFENSES.   (a)  The open records division of the attorney general's office, on   the request of a law enforcement agency under Article 2A.067, Code   of Criminal Procedure, or an attorney representing the state under   Article 2A.112, Code of Criminal Procedure, may assist the agency   or attorney in the investigation of a criminal offense under   Chapter 551.          (b)  To assist in an investigation under Subsection (a), the   open records division of the attorney general's office may request   from a law enforcement agency or an attorney representing the state   in the prosecution of an offense under Chapter 551 any information   relating to the offense that has not been made publicly available.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 3711 was passed by the House on April   29, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 131, Nays 13, 1 present, not   voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.   No. 3711 on May 28, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 82, Nays 40,   1 present, not voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House               I certify that H.B. No. 3711 was passed by the Senate, with   amendments, on May 26, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 26, Nays   5.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate      APPROVED: __________________                   Date                       __________________                 Governor