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HB2363 • 2025

Relating to the authority of certain peace officers to arrest a person without a warrant while outside the officer's jurisdiction.

Relating to the authority of certain peace officers to arrest a person without a warrant while outside the officer's jurisdiction.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Patterson | Hayes
Last action
2025-05-05
Official status
05/05/2025 S Referred to Criminal Justice
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Relating to the authority of certain peace officers to arrest a person without a warrant while outside the officer's jurisdiction.

Relating to the authority of certain peace officers to arrest a person without a warrant while outside the officer's jurisdiction.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the authority of certain peace officers to arrest a person without a warrant while outside the officer's jurisdiction.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This entry is temporarily using official source text because the generated explanation could not be confirmed against the official bill text during the last sync.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  2. 2025-05-05 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Criminal Justice

  3. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 3rd time

  4. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed

  5. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#755

  6. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  7. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported engrossed

  8. 2025-04-29 Texas Legislature Online

    Received from the House

  9. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Placed on General State Calendar

  10. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Read 2nd time

  11. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Passed to engrossment

  12. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Record vote. RV#663

  13. 2025-04-28 Texas Legislature Online

    Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal

  14. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in Calendars

  15. 2025-04-17 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report sent to Calendars

  16. 2025-04-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator

  17. 2025-04-16 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee report distributed

  18. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  19. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Committee substitute considered in committee

  20. 2025-04-02 Texas Legislature Online

    Reported favorably as substituted

  21. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  22. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Considered in public hearing

  23. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee

  24. 2025-03-26 Texas Legislature Online

    Left pending in committee

  25. 2025-03-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  26. 2025-03-14 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Homeland Security, Public Safety & Veterans' Affairs

  27. 2025-02-03 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the authority of certain peace officers to arrest a person without a warrant while outside the officer's jurisdiction.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
89(R) HB 2363 - Engrossed version - Bill Text

89R21571 JCG-F

By: Patterson, Hayes

H.B. No. 2363

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of certain peace officers to arrest a

person without a warrant while outside the officer's jurisdiction.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Article 14.03(g), Code of Criminal Procedure, is

amended by adding Subdivision (2-a) to read as follows:

(2-a)

A peace officer described by Article 2A.001(14)

who is licensed under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, and is

outside of the officer's jurisdiction may arrest without a warrant

a person who commits any offense within the officer's presence or

view, except that an officer described in this subdivision who is

outside of that officer's jurisdiction may arrest a person for a

violation of Subtitle C, Title 7, Transportation Code, only if the

offense is committed in a county with a population of 500,000 or

more in which the district employing the peace officer is located.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.