H.B. No. 324
AN ACT
relating to a requirement that a peace officer obtain a search
warrant before conducting a body cavity search during a traffic
stop.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 18, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Article 18.24 to read as follows:
Art. 18.24. BODY CAVITY SEARCH DURING TRAFFIC STOP. (a) In
this article, "body cavity search" means an inspection that is
conducted of a person's anal or vaginal cavity in any manner, but
the term does not include a pat-down.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a peace officer may not
conduct a body cavity search of a person during a traffic stop
unless the officer first obtains a search warrant pursuant to this
chapter authorizing the body cavity search.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 324 was passed by the House on April
28, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 324 on May 28, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2
present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 324 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 27, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor