By: Capriglione, et al. H.B. No. 3711         (Senate Sponsor - Middleton)          (In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2025;   May 5, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Local   Government; May 25, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable   Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0;   May 25, 2025, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3711 By:  Paxton     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   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)   An 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 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.          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.     * * * * *