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      H.B. No. 4490         AN ACT   relating to an exemption from required disclosure of information   related to the next of kin of deceased persons.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 11, Article 49.25, Code of Criminal   Procedure, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:           (d)     The information relating to the next of kin of a   decedent is excepted from required public disclosure in accordance   with Chapter 552, Government Code, but is subject to disclosure   under subpoena or authority of other law.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies to a   request for information that is received by a governmental body or   an officer of 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.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 4490 was passed by the House on May 1,   2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 143, Nays 1, 1 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 4490 was passed by the Senate on May   22, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor