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  89R9348 GP-D     By: Hughes S.B. No. 1223       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a prohibition on the collection by a state agency of   biometric information from an applicant for an occupational   license.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 57, Occupations Code, is amended by   adding Subchapter D to read as follows:   SUBCHAPTER D. COLLECTION OF BIOMETRIC INFORMATION           Sec.   57.151.     COLLECTION OF BIOMETRIC INFORMATION   PROHIBITED. A state agency may not collect biometric information,   including fingerprints, from an applicant for a license unless   collection of the information is authorized by another provision of   law.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.