Bill Text: TX SB739 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the definition of authorized peace officer for purposes of certain laws governing the installation and use of tracking equipment and access to certain communications.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2025-06-20 - Effective on 9/1/25 [SB739 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-SB739-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 739 | ||
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| relating to the definition of authorized peace officer 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(1), Code of Criminal Procedure, | ||
| as amended by Chapters 901 (H.B. 4906) and 950 (S.B. 1727), Acts of | ||
| the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, is reenacted and | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (1) "Authorized peace officer" means: | ||
| (A) a sheriff or deputy sheriff; | ||
| (B) a constable or deputy constable; | ||
| (C) a marshal or police officer of a | ||
| municipality; | ||
| (D) a ranger or officer commissioned by the | ||
| Public Safety Commission or the director of the department; | ||
| (E) an investigator of a prosecutor's office; | ||
| (F) a law enforcement agent of the Texas | ||
| Alcoholic Beverage Commission; | ||
| (G) a law enforcement officer commissioned by the | ||
| Parks and Wildlife Commission; | ||
| (H) an enforcement officer appointed by the | ||
| inspector general of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice under | ||
| Section 493.019, Government Code; | ||
| (I) a law enforcement officer appointed by the | ||
| inspector general of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department under | ||
| Section 242.102, Human Resources Code; | ||
| (J) an investigator commissioned by the attorney | ||
| general under Section 402.009, Government Code; | ||
| (K) a member of an arson investigating unit | ||
| commissioned by a municipality, a county, or the state; | ||
| (L) [ |
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| Section 37.081 or 51.203, Education Code; or | ||
| (M) an investigator commissioned by the | ||
| commissioner of insurance under Section 701.104, Insurance Code. | ||
| SECTION 2. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails | ||
| over another Act of the 89th Legislature, Regular Session, 2025, | ||
| relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted | ||
| codes. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 739 passed the Senate on | ||
| May 1, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 739 passed the House on | ||
| May 21, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 96, Nays 50, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
