H.B. No. 4214 AN ACT relating to public access to the mailing address and electronic mail address designated by a governmental body to receive a request for public information under the public information law. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 552.234, Government Code, is amended by adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read as follows: (e) Not later than October 1 of each year, each governmental body shall notify the attorney general of the current mailing address and electronic mail address designated by the governmental body under Subsection (c) for receiving written requests for public information. (f) The attorney general shall create and maintain on the office of the attorney general's Internet website a publicly accessible database of the mailing addresses and electronic mail addresses provided by governmental bodies under Subsection (e). SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 4214 was passed by the House on May 6, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 4214 was passed by the Senate on May 28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor