By: King  S.B. No. 2417          (In the Senate - Filed March 12, 2025; March 25, 2025, read   first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs; May 6, 2025,   reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 11, Nays 0;   May 6, 2025, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to investigations conducted and actions brought by the   attorney general under the Texas Free Enterprise and Antitrust Act   of 1983.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 15.10, Business & Commerce Code, is   amended by adding Subsection (l) to read as follows:          (l)  Interview notes.                (1)  In the course of an antitrust investigation, the   attorney general may conduct an interview with one or more persons   who may have relevant information about the subject of the   investigation. Written notes or typed memoranda developed from   interviews conducted under this subdivision constitute attorney   work product memorializing the mental impressions of the attorney   general. The written notes or typed memoranda are confidential and   not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.                (2)  If, as a result of the investigation, the attorney   general files suit for a violation of this chapter, the written   notes and typed memoranda described by Subdivision (1) and the   information contained in the written notes and typed memoranda   reflect the mental impressions of the attorney general and are:                      (A)  entitled to all protections afforded by law   to material subject to the attorney work product doctrine; and                      (B)  protected from disclosure in response to any   discovery request.          SECTION 2.  Section 15.20, Business & Commerce Code, is   amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:          (b-1)  In an action brought by the attorney general under   this section, the attorney general is the sole party for discovery   purposes and is considered to lack possession, custody, or control   over documents in the possession of members of the legislature,   other state officers, or any state agencies or institutions.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.     * * * * *