By: Nichols S.B. No. 1497
(In the Senate - Filed February 20, 2025; March 6, 2025,
read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
March 13, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; March 13, 2025,
sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1497 By: Flores
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the search of certain wireless communications devices
by a peace officer.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 18.0215(a), Code of Criminal Procedure,
is amended to read as follows:
(a) A peace officer may not search a person's cellular
telephone or other wireless communications device, pursuant to a
lawful arrest of the person without obtaining a warrant under this
article. A wireless communications device does not include a
skimmer as defined by Section 607.001, Business & Commerce Code, or
a device manufactured for the purpose of illicitly obtaining
payment card information or identifying information.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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