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TX SB 739

enacted

Relating to the definition of authorized peace officer for purposes of certain laws governing the installation and use of tracking equipment and access to certain communications.

Texas · 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) · upper

Quick answers

Did TX SB 739 pass?

Yes. TX SB 739 has been enacted into law as of 2025-06-20. Latest recorded action (2025-06-20): Effective on 9/1/25

What is TX SB 739 about?

TX SB 739 is a bill in the 89th Legislature (2025 Regular Session) titled “Relating to the definition of authorized peace officer for purposes of certain laws governing the installation and use of tracking equipment and access to certain communications.”.

Who sponsors TX SB 739?

Kolkhorst, Bhojani are the primary sponsors of TX SB 739.

Introduced
2025-01-08
Latest action
2025-06-20 — Effective on 9/1/25
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Kolkhorstprimary
  • Bhojaniprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-01-08

    Received by the Secretary of the Senate

    filing,introduction

  2. 2025-01-08

    Filed

    filing

  3. 2025-02-07

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  4. 2025-02-07

    Referred to Criminal Justice

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-04-22

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  6. 2025-04-22

    Considered in public hearing

  7. 2025-04-22

    Testimony taken in committee

  8. 2025-04-22

    Vote taken in committee

  9. 2025-04-23

    Reported favorably w/o amendments

    committee-passage-favorable

  10. 2025-04-23

    Recommended for local & uncontested calendar

  11. 2025-04-23

    Committee report printed and distributed

  12. 2025-05-01

    Placed on local & uncontested calendar

  13. 2025-05-01

    Laid before the Senate

    receipt

  14. 2025-05-01

    Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment

    reading-2

  15. 2025-05-01

    Vote recorded in Journal

  16. 2025-05-01

    Three day rule suspended

  17. 2025-05-01

    Record vote

  18. 2025-05-01

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  19. 2025-05-01

    Passed

    passage

  20. 2025-05-01

    Record vote

  21. 2025-05-01

    Reported engrossed

  22. 2025-05-01

    Received from the Senate

    introduction

  23. 2025-05-02

    Read first time

    introduction,reading-1

  24. 2025-05-02

    Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence

    referral-committee

  25. 2025-05-08

    Considered in formal meeting

  26. 2025-05-08

    Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm.

    committee-failure

  27. 2025-05-12

    Considered in formal meeting

  28. 2025-05-12

    Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)

    committee-passage,committee-passage-favorable

  29. 2025-05-15

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

    filing

  30. 2025-05-15

    Committee report distributed

  31. 2025-05-15

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  32. 2025-05-16

    Considered in Calendars

  33. 2025-05-20

    Placed on General State Calendar

  34. 2025-05-20

    Read 2nd time

    reading-2

  35. 2025-05-20

    Passed to 3rd reading

  36. 2025-05-20

    Record vote

  37. 2025-05-20

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  38. 2025-05-21

    Read 3rd time

    reading-3

  39. 2025-05-21

    Passed

    passage

  40. 2025-05-21

    Record vote

  41. 2025-05-21

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  42. 2025-05-21

    House passage reported

    passage

  43. 2025-05-21

    Reported enrolled

    enrolled

  44. 2025-05-22

    Signed in the Senate

    passage

  45. 2025-05-22

    Signed in the House

    passage

  46. 2025-05-22

    Sent to the Governor

    executive-receipt

  47. 2025-06-20

    Filed without the Governor's signature

    became-law

  48. 2025-06-20

    Effective on 9/1/25

    became-law

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • passage

    2025-05-20 · pass · 99-33

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Alders: yes
    • Allen: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bonnen: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Bryant: yes
    • Bucy: yes
    • Bumgarner: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Capriglione: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Cook: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Gervin-Hawkins: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hefner: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Hinojosa: yes
    • Hopper: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Lozano: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Manuel: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • Fischer: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Metcalf: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Meza: yes
    • Money: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Phelan: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Schofield: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Shofner: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Swanson: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Virdell: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wilson: yes
    • Barry: no
    • Cain: no
    • Collier: no
    • Dorazio: no
    • Gates: no
    • González, J.: no
    • Harris: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Holt: no
    • LaHood: no
    • Leo Wilson: no
    • Little: no
    • Lopez, J.: no
    • Louderback: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Luther: no
    • McLaughlin: no
    • Morales, C.: no
    • Morgan: no
    • Muñoz: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Oliverson: no
    • Paul: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Troxclair: no
    • Zwiener: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Richardson: not voting
    • Vasut(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Ashby: absent
    • Bernal: absent
    • Buckley: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent
    • Anchía: absent
    • Darby: absent
    • Davis, Y.: absent
    • Geren: absent
    • Hernandez: absent
    • Hull: absent
    • Smithee: absent
    • Thompson: absent
    • Turner: absent
    • Leach: absent
    • W: absent

  • passage

    2025-05-21 · pass · 96-50

    Member-level votes (153)
    • Allen: yes
    • Anchía: yes
    • Bell, C.: yes
    • Bell, K.: yes
    • Bernal: yes
    • Bhojani: yes
    • Bowers: yes
    • Buckley: yes
    • Button: yes
    • Cain: yes
    • Campos: yes
    • Canales: yes
    • Cole: yes
    • Cortez: yes
    • Craddick: yes
    • Cunningham: yes
    • Curry: yes
    • Darby: yes
    • Davis, A.: yes
    • Dean: yes
    • DeAyala: yes
    • Dorazio: yes
    • Dutton: yes
    • Dyson: yes
    • Fairly: yes
    • Flores: yes
    • Frank: yes
    • Gámez: yes
    • Garcia, J.: yes
    • Garcia, L.: yes
    • Garcia Hernandez: yes
    • Gerdes: yes
    • Geren: yes
    • González, M.: yes
    • Goodwin: yes
    • Guerra: yes
    • Guillen: yes
    • Harless: yes
    • Harris Davila: yes
    • Hayes: yes
    • Hernandez: yes
    • Hickland: yes
    • Holt: yes
    • Howard: yes
    • Hunter: yes
    • Isaac: yes
    • Johnson: yes
    • Jones, J.: yes
    • Kerwin: yes
    • King: yes
    • Kitzman: yes
    • Lalani: yes
    • Lambert: yes
    • Landgraf: yes
    • Leo Wilson: yes
    • Longoria: yes
    • Lopez, J.: yes
    • Lopez, R.: yes
    • Louderback: yes
    • Lujan: yes
    • Martinez: yes
    • McLaughlin: yes
    • McQueeney: yes
    • Meyer: yes
    • Moody: yes
    • Morales, C.: yes
    • Morales, E.: yes
    • Morales Shaw: yes
    • Noble: yes
    • Ordaz: yes
    • Orr: yes
    • Patterson: yes
    • Perez, M.: yes
    • Perez, V.: yes
    • Plesa: yes
    • Raymond: yes
    • Romero: yes
    • Rose: yes
    • Rosenthal: yes
    • Shaheen: yes
    • Simmons: yes
    • Smithee: yes
    • Spiller: yes
    • Talarico: yes
    • Tepper: yes
    • Thompson: yes
    • Turner: yes
    • VanDeaver: yes
    • Vasut: yes
    • Villalobos: yes
    • Vo: yes
    • Walle: yes
    • Ward Johnson: yes
    • Wharton: yes
    • Wu: yes
    • Zwiener: yes
    • Alders: no
    • Ashby: no
    • Barry: no
    • Bonnen: no
    • Bryant: no
    • Bucy: no
    • Bumgarner: no
    • Capriglione: no
    • Collier: no
    • Cook: no
    • Davis, Y.: no
    • Gates: no
    • González, J.: no
    • Harrison: no
    • Hefner: no
    • Hinojosa: no
    • Hopper: no
    • Hull: no
    • LaHood: no
    • Leach: no
    • Little: no
    • Lowe: no
    • Lozano: no
    • Luther: no
    • Manuel: no
    • Fischer: no
    • Metcalf: no
    • Meza: no
    • Money: no
    • Morgan: no
    • Muñoz: no
    • Olcott: no
    • Oliverson: no
    • Paul: no
    • Phelan: no
    • Pierson: no
    • Reynolds: no
    • Richardson: no
    • Rodríguez Ramos: no
    • Schatzline: no
    • Schofield: no
    • Schoolcraft: no
    • Shofner: no
    • Slawson: no
    • Swanson: no
    • Tinderholt: no
    • Toth: no
    • Troxclair: no
    • Virdell: no
    • Wilson: no
    • Present: not voting
    • Speaker: not voting
    • Harris(C: not voting
    • Absent: absent
    • Gervin-Hawkins: absent
    • Jones: absent
    • V: absent

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Official source

ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 739.xml

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