Texas Government Code
§ 21.013 — CONFIDENTIALITY OF JUDICIAL WORK PRODUCT; CRIMINAL OFFENSE
GV § 21.013Title 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH · Part A. COURTS · Ch. 21. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)In this section:
(1)"Judicial work product" means written, electronic, or oral material prepared or communications made in the course of an adjudicatory proceeding before a court determining legal rights, powers, duties, or privileges. The term includes all drafts of opinions or orders and memoranda of law. The term does not include information related to a person who is required to submit to electronic monitoring of a person's location as part of an electronic monitoring program under Article 42.035, Code of Criminal Procedure, or as a condition of community supervision, parole, mandatory supervision, or release on bail.
(2)"Non-public judicial work product" means:
(A)any written or electronic judicial work product other than documents filed with the clerk of a court for release to the public; or
(B)any oral statement relating to judicial work product made in a closed session of a court or in judicial chambers.
(b)This section applies to:
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Legislative history
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 288 (S.B. 1020), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2025.