85R6630 TJB-D     By: Hunter H.B. No. 3640       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the confidentiality of an emergency call.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 552, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 552.157 to read as follows:          Sec. 552.157.  EXCEPTION: CONFIDENTIALITY OF CONTENT OF   EMERGENCY CALL. (a)  A recording or transcript of an emergency call   made to a public safety agency or a public safety answering point,   as those terms are defined by Section 772.001, Health and Safety   Code, is confidential.          (b)  Information that is confidential under this section may   be disclosed only with the express consent of the person who placed   the emergency call or of a legal representative of the person.          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, 2017.