Relating to the disclosure of certain harvest report information submitted to the Parks and Wildlife Department.

SB 1248 restricts the disclosure of specific location data from wildlife harvest reports submitted to Texas Parks and Wildlife. It prohibits sharing details like exact harvest locations or personal identifiers (e.g., the hunter's name) with the public, exempting this information from standard public records laws. The bill allows disclosure only to law enforcement with a subpoena, for anonymized statistical reports, or to contracted researchers under strict confidentiality agreements. This directly affects hunters and anglers who submit harvest reports by protecting their location data from public access. The law takes effect September 1, 2025.