STATE PROFILE: Texas

# Texas — LexisNexis / PSDEX State Profile

*Last updated: May 2026*

## The Short Version

Texas has no sanctuary policies — state law explicitly prohibits them — and it has multiple confirmed LexisNexis relationships at the state and local level. Unlike most states in this investigation, Texas does not require a sanctuary bypass analysis: data flows to federal agencies without legal friction. The scale of the Texas LexisNexis relationship is what makes it significant.

## Statewide Infrastructure

**BuyCrash via TxDOT:** The Texas Department of Transportation uses LexisNexis BuyCrash (buycrash.lexisnexisrisk.com) as the statewide platform for crash report distribution. Every Texas law enforcement agency that submits crash reports to TxDOT — which is all of them — has its crash data flowing through LexisNexis infrastructure. Houston PD’s own public information page confirms the link directly.

**Texas DPS AVCC:** The Texas Department of Public Safety entered into a five-year Accurint Virtual Crime Center contract in May 2022, confirmed through Texas SmartBuy. DPS oversees the Texas Fusion Center, the Texas Rangers, and the Texas Highway Patrol. Whether the DPS contract serves as a statewide gateway for other agencies — allowing smaller departments to access or contribute to PSDEX through the state contract — is an open question.

**DIR Cooperative Contract (DIR-CPO-5255):** Texas maintains a statewide cooperative purchasing contract for LexisNexis products. Any Texas government entity can use it without a separate procurement. Denton PD used it for a $123,324 AVCC contract approved in March 2025. Other agencies have almost certainly used it without passing visible council resolutions.

## Confirmed and Strong-Signal Agencies

**Houston Police Department** uses LexisNexis Community Crime Map — confirmed by the city’s own website, which explicitly calls it ‘Community Crime Map hosted by LexisNexis.com.’ CCM automatically syncs HPD incident data to LexisNexis. Whether HPD has a PSDEX data contribution addendum is not confirmed.

**Denton Police Department** has a council-approved five-year AVCC contract ($123,324) executed in March 2025 through the DIR cooperative vehicle. The AVCC subscription gives Denton PD access to PSDEX data from agencies nationwide; whether it also has a data contribution addendum is not confirmed.

**Harris County Sheriff’s Office** — one of the largest jails in the US — feeds into Texas VINE, the statewide victim notification system managed by the Texas AG’s office through Appriss. Whether the Texas OAG’s Appriss contract contains a Risk Solutions clause — allowing jail booking data to flow to LexisNexis — is the central open question for Texas.

## The Open Question: Texas VINE

Texas VINE is statewide, managed by the Texas AG + Appriss, covering all 254 county jails. In Cook County, Illinois, the equivalent Appriss contract was found to contain a Risk Solutions clause allowing Appriss to share real-time booking data with LexisNexis. If Texas’s contract contains the same clause, every county jail booking in Texas — 254 counties, the most of any state — flows to LexisNexis. A public records request to the Texas AG is the single highest-priority action for this state.

## FOIA Targets

- Texas Public Information Act (Texas Gov. Code Ch. 552), 10 business days - Texas OAG — Appriss VINE contract + any Risk Solutions clause - Texas DPS — full AVCC contract + sub-agency or consortium addenda - TxDOT — BuyCrash contract + any AVCC/PSDEX addenda - Houston PD — CCM contract + any AVCC addendum