The Texas Senate voted Tuesday afternoon to approve a bill that would block public access to most police complaints, rejecting changes added by House members late last month to include exceptions for disclosure.

House Bill 15 — now approved by the Senate for the fourth time — directs law enforcement agencies statewide to maintain a confidential internal file, often referred to as a “G-file,” containing allegations against an officer found to be unsubstantiated or that did not lead to formal discipline.

Records that would remain in an officer’s publicly accessible personnel file are commendations, routine evaluations and substantiated complaints. The bill states that any “letter, memorandum or document” not related to those records would go into the confidential file.

The Senate voted

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