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type: "Bill"
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title: "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."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
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legislature: "Texas Legislature"
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session: "89R"
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identifier: "SB 739"
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citation: "Texas SB 739 (89R)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["City Government--Employees/Officers (I0061)", "County Government--Employees/Officers (I0095)", "Crimes--Miscellaneous (I0200)", "Criminal Procedure--General (I0208)", "Electronic Information Systems (I0311)", "INSURANCE", "COMMISSIONER OF (V0396)", "Insurance--General (I0445)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "Occupational Regulation--Other Trades & Professions (I0541)", "PEACE OFFICERS (S0007)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Bhojani", "Kolkhorst"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 48
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-01-08"
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last_action: "2025-06-20"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a1d09892-fabc-48c9-83e3-33f102ff5ba6"
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source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB00700_SB00799/SB 739.xml"
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source_hash: "00eef6bd8fb01546be7e5baa47f8e8bf0ec971dacd2722d7068ce195f965eade"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tx"]
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---
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# Texas SB 739 (89R) — 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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00739I.HTM)
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2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00739E.HTM)
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3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00739H.HTM)
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4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00739S.HTM)
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5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB00739F.HTM)
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## Votes
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- passage — **96–50** (pass) · lower
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- passage — **99–33** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Bhojani — primary (person)
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- Kolkhorst — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-08** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
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- **2025-01-08** Filed `filing`
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- **2025-02-07** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-02-07** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
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- **2025-04-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
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- **2025-04-22** Considered in public hearing
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- **2025-04-22** Testimony taken in committee
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- **2025-04-22** Vote taken in committee
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- **2025-04-23** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-04-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-04-23** Committee report printed and distributed
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- **2025-05-01** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
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- **2025-05-01** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
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- **2025-05-01** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-01** Vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-01** Three day rule suspended
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- **2025-05-01** Record vote
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- **2025-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-01** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-01** Record vote
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- **2025-05-01** Reported engrossed
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- **2025-05-01** Received from the Senate `introduction`
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- **2025-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2025-05-02** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
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- **2025-05-08** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2025-05-08** Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. `committee-failure`
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- **2025-05-12** Considered in formal meeting
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- **2025-05-12** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2025-05-15** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
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- **2025-05-15** Committee report distributed
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- **2025-05-15** Committee report sent to Calendars
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- **2025-05-16** Considered in Calendars
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- **2025-05-20** Placed on General State Calendar
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- **2025-05-20** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
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- **2025-05-20** Passed to 3rd reading
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- **2025-05-20** Record vote
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- **2025-05-20** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-21** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
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- **2025-05-21** Passed `passage`
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- **2025-05-21** Record vote
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- **2025-05-21** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
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- **2025-05-21** House passage reported `passage`
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- **2025-05-21** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
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- **2025-05-22** Signed in the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-05-22** Signed in the House `passage`
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- **2025-05-22** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-06-20** Filed without the Governor's signature `became-law`
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- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a1d09892-fabc-48c9-83e3-33f102ff5ba6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).
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