89R14867 EAS-D
By: Lowe H.B. No. 3417
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the confidentiality of administrative subpoenas for
offenses that involve the Internet-based sexual exploitation of a
minor.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 422.003, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (b-1) and amending Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(b-1) If the prosecuting attorney or officer of an ICAC task
force issuing a subpoena under Subsection (b) determines that any
of the following disclosures could significantly impede or
jeopardize the investigation, the subpoena may provide that the
electronic communication service or remote computing service to
which the subpoena is directed may not:
(1) disclose that the subpoena has been issued;
(2) identify or describe any records or other
documentation requested in the subpoena; or
(3) disclose whether records or other documentation
has been provided in response to the subpoena.
(c) A subpoena under Subsection (b) must:
(1) describe any objects or items to be produced;
[and]
(2) prescribe a reasonable return date by which those
objects or items must be assembled and made available; and
(3) if applicable, state the determination of the
prosecuting attorney or officer of an ICAC task force described by
Subsection (b-1).
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a subpoena issued on or after the effective date of this Act. A
subpoena issued before the effective date of this Act is governed by
the law in effect on the date the subpoena was issued, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.