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TX HB1272
TX HB1272Relating to the issuance of a warrant authorizing the use of a no-knock entry by a peace officer.
summary
Introduced
01/21/2021
01/21/2021
In Committee
04/09/2021
04/09/2021
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
05/31/2021
05/31/2021
Introduced Session
87th Legislature Regular Session
Bill Summary
Relating to a prohibition on the issuance of a warrant authorizing the use of a no-knock entry by a peace officer.
AI Summary
This bill prohibits the issuance of a warrant authorizing the use of a no-knock entry by a peace officer, except in limited circumstances. Specifically, the bill allows a magistrate, who is not a justice of the peace, municipal court judge, or constitutional county court judge, to issue a no-knock warrant only if they determine by clear and convincing evidence that the subject of the warrant has committed a violent offense and that any entry other than a no-knock entry would endanger a person's life or result in the destruction of evidence. The bill also imposes additional requirements, such as requiring the peace officers executing the warrant to be in uniform, equipped with body-worn cameras, and limiting the no-knock entry to between the hours of 6 a.m. and 10 p.m.
Committee Categories
Justice
Sponsors (32)
Jeff Cason (R)*,
Jasmine Crockett (D)*,
Ron Reynolds (D)*,
James Talarico (D)*,
Alma Allen (D),
Michelle Beckley (D),
Rhetta Bowers (D),
Liz Campos (D),
Sheryl Cole (D),
Garnet Coleman (D),
Yvonne Davis (D),
Joseph Deshotel (D),
Harold Dutton (D),
Art Fierro (D),
Barbara Gervin-Hawkins (D),
Jessica González (D),
Gina Hinojosa (D),
Donna Howard (D),
Jarvis Johnson (D),
Julie Johnson (D),
Trey Martinez Fischer (D),
Penny Morales Shaw (D),
Claudia Ordaz Perez (D),
Lina Ortega (D),
Eddie Rodriguez (D),
Toni Rose (D),
Jon Rosenthal (D),
Carl Sherman (D),
Ed Thompson (R),
Senfronia Thompson (D),
Armando Walle (D),
Erin Zwiener (D),
Last Action
Committee report sent to Calendars (on 04/20/2021)
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/History.aspx?LegSess=87R&Bill=HB1272 |
| BillText | https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01272H.htm |
| Bill | https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/pdf/HB01272H.pdf |
| Analysis (House Committee Report) | https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/analysis/html/HB01272H.htm |
| Fiscal Note (House Committee Report) | https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/fiscalnotes/html/HB01272H.htm |
| Fiscal Note (Introduced) | https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/fiscalnotes/html/HB01272I.htm |
| BillText | https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/html/HB01272I.htm |
| Bill | https://capitol.texas.gov/tlodocs/87R/billtext/pdf/HB01272I.pdf |
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