| 1 | 1 | | 89R3365 AJZ-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Bucy H.B. No. 1426 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to a prohibition on the issuance or enforcement of a search |
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| 10 | 10 | | warrant, subpoena, or other court order for certain menstrual |
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| 11 | 11 | | health data. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 18, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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| 14 | 14 | | amended by adding Article 18.0216 to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Art. 18.0216. MENSTRUAL HEALTH DATA: SEARCH AND SEIZURE |
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| 16 | 16 | | PROHIBITED. (a) In this article, "menstrual health data" means any |
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| 17 | 17 | | information, recorded in any format, that is created or received by |
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| 18 | 18 | | an entity and that relates to or is used to determine, predict, or |
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| 19 | 19 | | estimate an individual's past, present, or future menstrual health |
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| 20 | 20 | | or menstrual cycles. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (b) Notwithstanding Article 18.02 or any other provision of |
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| 22 | 22 | | this code, a magistrate may not issue a search warrant, subpoena, or |
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| 23 | 23 | | other court order, and a law enforcement agency may not serve, |
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| 24 | 24 | | execute, or otherwise enforce a search warrant, subpoena, or other |
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| 25 | 25 | | court order for purposes of searching for, seizing, or ordering the |
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| 26 | 26 | | production of the menstrual health data of an individual, including |
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| 27 | 27 | | data stored on a computer, computer network, or other device |
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| 28 | 28 | | containing electronic or digital information. |
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| 29 | 29 | | (c) Menstrual health data obtained in violation of this |
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| 30 | 30 | | article and expert testimony related to the data are inadmissible |
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| 31 | 31 | | in a criminal action. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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