H.B. No. 3452
AN ACT
relating to granting limited state law enforcement authority to
certain federal special agents.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 2.122(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The following named criminal investigators of the
United States shall not be deemed peace officers, but shall have the
powers of arrest, search, and seizure under the laws of this state
as to felony offenses only:
(1) Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation;
(2) Special Agents of the Secret Service;
(3) Special Agents of the United States Immigration
and Customs Enforcement;
(4) Special Agents of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
Firearms and Explosives;
(5) Special Agents of the United States Drug
Enforcement Administration;
(6) Inspectors of the United States Postal Inspection
Service;
(7) Special Agents of the Criminal Investigation
Division of the Internal Revenue Service;
(8) Civilian Special Agents of the United States Naval
Criminal Investigative Service;
(9) Marshals and Deputy Marshals of the United States
Marshals Service;
(10) Special Agents of the United States Department of
State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security;
(11) Special Agents of the Treasury Inspector General
for Tax Administration;
(12) Special Agents of the Office of Inspector General
of the United States Social Security Administration;
(13) Special Agents of the Office of Inspector General
of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs;
(14) Special Agents of the Office of Inspector General
of the United States Department of Agriculture; [and]
(15) Special Agents of the Office of Export
Enforcement of the United States Department of Commerce;
(16) Special Agents of the Criminal Investigation
Command of the United States Army;
(17) Special Agents of the Office of Special
Investigations of the United States Air Force; and
(18) a police officer with the Office of Security and
Law Enforcement of the United States Department of Veterans
Affairs.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3452 was passed by the House on April
30, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 116, Nays 25, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 3452 on May 28, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 131, Nays 15,
1 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3452 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 25, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor