Bill Text: TX HB3400 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the definition of a designated law enforcement office or agency for purposes of certain laws governing the installation and use of tracking equipment and access to certain communications.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2025-02-26 - Filed [HB3400 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB3400-Introduced.html

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89R15151 JCG-D
By: Schatzline H.B. No. 3400

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the definition of a designated law enforcement office
or agency for purposes of certain laws governing the installation
and use of tracking equipment and access to certain communications.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 18B.001(4), Code of Criminal Procedure,
is amended to read as follows:
(4) "Designated law enforcement office or agency"
means:
(A) the sheriff's department of a county with a
population of 500,000 [3.3 million] or more;
(B) a police department in a municipality with a
population of 200,000 or more;
(C) the office of inspector general of the Texas
Department of Criminal Justice; or
(D) the office of inspector general of the Texas
Juvenile Justice Department.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.