CS/SB 846 (2013) -  Search and Seizure of a Portable Electronic Device

General Bill by Criminal Justice and Brandes (CO-SPONSORS) Negron; Soto; Clemens; Stargel; Gibson; Flores
Search and Seizure of a Portable Electronic Device: Providing that information contained in a portable electronic device is not subject to a search by a law enforcement officer incident to an arrest except pursuant to a warrant issued by a duly authorized judicial officer using procedures established by law; providing a remedy; providing that a court order may not be issued for the location of an electronic device for a period of time longer than is necessary to achieve the objective of the court order authorization; providing exceptions to the requirement to obtain a court order for location information, etc.
Effective Date: 07/01/2013
Last Event: 05/03/13 S Died in Judiciary on Friday, May 3, 2013 7:16 PM

Referred Committees and Committee Actions

Senate Referrals

  • Criminal Justice
    • On agenda for: 03/04/13 3:30 PM
    • Favorable With Committee Substitute (final action) Votes: Yeas 5   Nays 2
  • Judiciary
  • Appropriations

Related Bills

Bill # Subject Relationship
Bill #: CS/HB 797 Subject: Search of Portable Electronic Device Relationship: Compare

Bill Text

  • Committee Substitute 1
  • Original Filed Version
    • A 743804 , Criminal Justice, Smith Date Filed: 03/01/13, Line#: 60 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 03/05/2013 11:31 AM
    • AA 809350 , Criminal Justice, Smith Date Filed: 03/04/13, Line#: 18 Senate(c): Replaced by Committee Substitute 03/05/2013 11:31 AM

Staff Analysis

Chamber Committee
Chamber: Senate Committee: Criminal Justice 3/5/2013 2:43:26 PM
Chamber: Senate Committee: Criminal Justice 3/1/2013 10:17:30 AM

Vote History

(No Votes Recorded)

Bill History

Event Time Member Committee Ver.
Event: S Died in Judiciary Time: 05/03/2013 - 7:16 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Now in Judiciary -SJ 114 Time: 03/06/2013 - 8:46 AM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S CS by Criminal Justice read 1st time -SJ 111 Time: 03/05/2013 - 4:58 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute) Time: 03/05/2013 - 3:35 PM Member: Committee: Version: c1
Event: S Introduced -SJ 61 Time: 03/05/2013 - 8:18 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S CS by Criminal Justice; YEAS 5 NAYS 2 -SJ 114 Time: 03/04/2013 - 6:14 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S On Committee agenda-- Criminal Justice, 03/04/13, 3:30 pm, 37 Senate Office Building Time: 02/25/2013 - 11:59 AM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Referred to Criminal Justice; Judiciary; Appropriations -SJ 61 Time: 02/19/2013 - 2:46 PM Member: Committee: Version: __
Event: S Filed Time: 02/12/2013 - 4:14 PM Member: Committee: Version: __