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| 1 | - | By: Nichols, et al. S.B. No. 1497 | |
| 1 | + | By: Nichols S.B. No. 1497 | |
| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Filed February 20, 2025; March 6, 2025, | |
| 3 | + | read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice; | |
| 4 | + | March 13, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee | |
| 5 | + | Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; March 13, 2025, | |
| 6 | + | sent to printer.) | |
| 7 | + | Click here to see the committee vote | |
| 8 | + | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1497 By: Flores | |
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| 6 | 13 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 7 | 14 | AN ACT | |
| 8 | 15 | relating to the search of certain wireless communications devices | |
| 9 | 16 | by a peace officer. | |
| 10 | 17 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 18 | SECTION 1. Article 18.0215(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, | |
| 12 | 19 | is amended to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 20 | (a) A peace officer may not search a person's cellular | |
| 14 | 21 | telephone or other wireless communications device, pursuant to a | |
| 15 | 22 | lawful arrest of the person without obtaining a warrant under this | |
| 16 | 23 | article. A wireless communications device does not include a | |
| 17 | 24 | skimmer as defined by Section 607.001, Business & Commerce Code, or | |
| 18 | 25 | a device manufactured for the purpose of illicitly obtaining | |
| 19 | 26 | payment card information or identifying information. | |
| 20 | 27 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | |
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