AUSTIN, Texas (KLTV) - State Rep. Cole Hefner’s (R-Mount Pleasant) bill to keep certain law enforcement personnel records out of public view passed the Texas House on Thursday.

Hefner said the law would establish a uniform statewide process for housing law enforcement personnel records. Under the bill, a department file - which Hefner said some departments already use - would store unsubstantiated claims relating to an officer and keep them private.

“I don’t want to see these slimy lawyers out here all over this state use this file to impugn men and women that put on a bulletproof vest to go to work every day to keep the rest of us safe,” he said.

Throughout the debate on the House floor, Hefner was joined to the side by State Rep. A.J. Louderback (R-Victoria), a former sheriff.

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