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type: "Bill"
title: "Relating to the definition of a designated law enforcement office or agency for purposes of certain laws governing the installation and use of tracking equipment and access to certain communications."
description: "Relating to the definition of a designated law enforcement office or agency for purposes of certain laws governing the installation and use of tracking equipment and access to certain communications."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tx"
legislature: "Texas Legislature"
session: "89R"
identifier: "SB 2580"
citation: "Texas SB 2580 (89R)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Government--Employees/Officers (I0095)", "Crime Prevention (I0083)", "Law Enforcement (I0510)", "SHERIFFS (S1013)", "Safety (I0740)", "Utilities--Telecommunications (I0828)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cook", "Hancock", "McQueeney", "Schatzline", "Tinderholt"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 49
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-03-13"
last_action: "2025-06-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e886dfba-5e8c-4bc4-a2da-849e69520f8c"
source_url: "ftp://ftp.legis.state.tx.us/bills/89R/billhistory/senate_bills/SB02500_SB02599/SB 2580.xml"
source_hash: "ecbad58e31ef294c1dbc794a6b3648d63ff10f0b193baeba6441dab9c01eb558"
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 SB 2580 (89R) — Relating to the definition of a designated law enforcement office or agency for purposes of certain laws governing the installation and use of tracking equipment and access to certain communications.
## 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/89R/billtext/html/SB02580I.HTM)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02580E.HTM)
3. **House Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02580H.HTM)
4. **Senate Committee Report** (committee substitute) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02580S.HTM)
5. **Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](http://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/89R/billtext/html/SB02580F.HTM)
## Votes
- passage — **135–6** (pass) · lower
- passage — **139–2** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Cook — primary (person)
- Hancock — primary (person)
- McQueeney — primary (person)
- Schatzline — primary (person)
- Tinderholt — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-03-13** Received by the Secretary of the Senate `filing, introduction`
- **2025-03-13** Filed `filing`
- **2025-04-03** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-04-03** Referred to Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-22** Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
- **2025-04-22** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-04-22** Testimony taken in committee
- **2025-04-22** Vote taken in committee
- **2025-04-23** Reported favorably w/o amendments `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-23** Recommended for local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-04-23** Committee report printed and distributed
- **2025-05-01** Placed on local & uncontested calendar
- **2025-05-01** Laid before the Senate `receipt`
- **2025-05-01** Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment `reading-2`
- **2025-05-01** Vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-01** Three day rule suspended
- **2025-05-01** Record vote
- **2025-05-01** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-01** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-01** Record vote
- **2025-05-01** Reported engrossed
- **2025-05-01** Received from the Senate `introduction`
- **2025-05-02** Read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2025-05-02** Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence `referral-committee`
- **2025-05-12** Posting rule suspended
- **2025-05-13** Considered in public hearing
- **2025-05-13** Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
- **2025-05-13** Left pending in committee
- **2025-05-15** Considered in formal meeting
- **2025-05-15** Reported favorably w/o amendment(s) `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-19** Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator `filing`
- **2025-05-19** Committee report distributed
- **2025-05-19** Committee report sent to Calendars
- **2025-05-20** Considered in Calendars
- **2025-05-22** Placed on General State Calendar
- **2025-05-22** Read 2nd time `reading-2`
- **2025-05-22** Passed to 3rd reading
- **2025-05-22** Record vote
- **2025-05-22** Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
- **2025-05-23** Read 3rd time `reading-3`
- **2025-05-23** Passed `passage`
- **2025-05-23** Record vote
- **2025-05-23** House passage reported `passage`
- **2025-05-23** Reported enrolled `enrolled`
- **2025-05-26** Signed in the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-26** Signed in the House `passage`
- **2025-05-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-06-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-06-20** Effective on 9/1/25 `became-law`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e886dfba-5e8c-4bc4-a2da-849e69520f8c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Texas legislature records).