HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A new bill is working its way through the Texas legislature, which would conceal certain law enforcement records.

The bill would make unsubstantiated complaints against officers still accessible by law enforcement agencies, but not the public.

In a situation involving law enforcement, anyone can access a formal complaint against the officer you're dealing with, whether or not they were disciplined, but that could change.

"We get complaints all the time that are just completely baseless," Douglas Griffith, the president of the Houston Police Officers Union, who also supports the bill, said.

"If they are unfounded or exonerated, which are the two ways they clear cases, there is no reason to put that in public. There's not," he said. "There's no evidence they com

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