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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the issuance and execution of certain search warrants in a criminal investigation and the admissibility of evidence obtained through certain searches."
description: "Relating to the issuance and execution of certain search warrants in a criminal investigation and the admissibility of evidence obtained through certain searches."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "87"
identifier: "HB 3363"
citation: "Texas HB 3363 (87)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COMPUTERS & SOFTWARE (S2425)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "EVIDENCE (S0250)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "SEARCH WARRANTS (S8366)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harless", "King, Phil", "Morrison", "Raymond", "West", "Wilson"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 53
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2021-03-09"
last_action: "2021-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f87f039-0bd2-4c96-b8fa-d2f41ea613a5"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/87R/billhistory/house_bills/HB03300_HB03399/HB 3363.xml"
source_hash: "45c2e92e7dbe5837ac2a763817d8df847d404fbb9472abf2a47b30d07a1b1946"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
---
# Texas HB 3363 (87) — Relating to the issuance and execution of certain search warrants in a criminal investigation and the admissibility of evidence obtained through certain searches.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03363I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03363E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03363H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03363S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB03363F.HTM)
## Sponsors
- Harless — primary (person)
- King, Phil — primary (person)
- Morrison — primary (person)
- Raymond — primary (person)
- West — primary (person)
- Wilson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-03-09** Filed `filing`
- **2021-03-22** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-03-22** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-12** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-04-12** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-12** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2021-04-12** Left pending in committee
- **2021-04-29** Considered in formal meeting
- **2021-04-29** Committee substitute considered in committee
- **2021-04-29** Recommended to be sent to Local & Consent `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-29** Reported favorably as substituted `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-06** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
- **2021-05-06** Committee report distributed
- **2021-05-07** Comm. report sent to Local & Consent Calendar
- **2021-05-11** Considered in Local & Consent Calendars
- **2021-05-14** Placed on Local, Consent, and Res. Calendar
- **2021-05-14** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2021-05-14** Passed to engrossment
- **2021-05-14** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-14** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-14** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-14** Record vote
- **2021-05-14** Nonrecord vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-14** Reported engrossed
- **2021-05-17** Received from the House `introduction`
- **2021-05-17** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-05-17** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-18** Posting rule suspended
- **2021-05-18** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2021-05-18** Considered in public hearing
- **2021-05-18** Testimony taken in committee
- **2021-05-20** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-20** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-20** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2021-05-22** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-24** Not again placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-26** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2021-05-26** Placed on intent calendar
- **2021-05-26** Rules suspended-Regular order of business
- **2021-05-26** Read 2nd time & passed to 3rd reading
- **2021-05-26** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2021-05-26** Three day rule suspended
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-26** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2021-05-26** Passed `passage`
- **2021-05-26** Record vote
- **2021-05-27** Senate passage reported
- **2021-05-28** Reported enrolled
- **2021-05-29** Signed in the House
- **2021-05-31** Signed in the Senate
- **2021-05-31** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2021-06-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-14** Effective on 9/1/21 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f87f039-0bd2-4c96-b8fa-d2f41ea613a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).