Bill Text: TX HB2820 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the procedures for access to certain location information by certain law enforcement agencies.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-14 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence [HB2820 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB2820-Introduced.html
  88R11043 JCG-D
 
  By: Jetton H.B. No. 2820
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the procedures for access to certain location
  information by certain law enforcement agencies.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Article 18B.322(c), Code of Criminal Procedure,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (c)  The application must be filed with a district judge in
  the applicable judicial district on:
               (1)  the prosecutor's or assistant's own motion; or
               (2)  the request of:
                     (A)  an authorized peace officer of:
                           (i)  a designated law enforcement office or
  agency; or
                           (ii)  the sheriff's department of a county
  with a population of 800,000 or more adjacent to a county with a
  population of 3.3 million or more; or
                     (B)  an authorized peace officer commissioned by
  the department.
         SECTION 2.  Article 18B.325(a), Code of Criminal Procedure,
  is amended to read as follows:
         (a)  An authorized peace officer described by Article
  18B.322(c)(2)(A) or (B) [of a designated law enforcement office or
  agency or an authorized peace officer commissioned by the
  department] may, without a warrant, require the disclosure of
  location information described by Article 18B.321(a) if:
               (1)  the officer reasonably believes an immediate
  life-threatening situation exists that:
                     (A)  is within the officer's territorial
  jurisdiction; and
                     (B)  requires the disclosure of the location
  information before a warrant can, with due diligence, be obtained
  under this subchapter; and
               (2)  there are sufficient grounds under this subchapter
  on which to obtain a warrant requiring the disclosure of the
  location information.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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