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  89R7521 MCK-F     By: Hunter H.B. No. 3719       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the availability of dates of birth under the public   information law.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 552, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 552.0223 to read as follows:           Sec.   552.0223.     DATES OF BIRTH. Notwithstanding Section   552.101, this chapter does not authorize a governmental body to   withhold a date of birth except as:                 (1)  permitted by Section 552.102;                 (2)     permitted by the federal privacy requirements   adopted under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability   Act of 1996 (Pub. L. No. 104-191) contained in 45 C.F.R. Part 160   and 45 C.F.R. Part 164; or                 (3)     otherwise provided by constitutional or statutory   law.          SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   a request for information that is received by a governmental body or   an officer for public information on or after the effective date of   this Act. A request for information that was received before the   effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the   date the request was received, and the former law is continued in   effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  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.