88R14266 MCK-D     By: Cook, Smith, Geren, Anchía, Turner, H.B. No. 5005       et al.       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the disclosure under the public information law of a   motor vehicle license plate number captured in a video recording   maintained by a law enforcement agency.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 552.130, Government Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:          (f)  The license plate number of a motor vehicle captured in   a video recording maintained by a law enforcement agency is not   confidential under this section or Chapter 730, Transportation   Code, and may be included in a video recording disclosed under   Section 552.021.  This subsection does not preclude a law   enforcement agency from asserting other exceptions to the   disclosure of the information under this chapter.          SECTION 2.  Section 730.007, Transportation Code, is amended   by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:          (h)  A law enforcement agency may release a video recording   maintained by the law enforcement agency that includes the license   plate number of a motor vehicle captured in the video in response to   a request for public information under Chapter 552, Government   Code. The law enforcement agency is not required to redact any   license plate numbers before releasing the video.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.