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Legislation that would make confidential an arrestee's home address on an arrest record was approved by the House Public Service Subcommittee last week. HB 901, sponsored by state Rep. Glen Casada, R-Franklin, was amended to make clear that the street address of a reported crime would not be confidential, even if it was the arrestee's home address. (TCOG asked for that change.) The original bill also made confidential any video of the person arrested, but an amendment removed this provision. (Here is a copy of the amendment). The amendment also makes confidential the phone number of a person arrested, and the social security number. The social security number already is [...]

A bill that would make confidential the addresses, phone numbers and social security numbers of people who are arrested was delayed one week after lawmakers questioned the sponsor, state Rep. Glen Casada, about the proposal. Casada, R-Franklin, said that Williamson County officials asked him to bring the bill because people arrested were getting "bombarded" by those who were seeking to contact them after their arrest. "My county government tells me that a lot of individuals are being contacted and they don't want to be contacted," Casada said. Casada introduced an amendment on the bill that says if the home address of the person arrested is also the place of the [...]