Relating to granting limited state law enforcement authority to certain federal law enforcement officers.

89(R) HB 626 - House Committee Report version - Bill Text

89R4314 JCG-D

By: Bell of Montgomery

H.B. No. 626

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to granting limited state law enforcement authority to

certain federal law enforcement officers.

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

SECTION 1. Article 2A.002(a), Code of Criminal Procedure,

is amended to read as follows:

(a) The following criminal investigators of the United

States are not peace officers but have the powers of arrest, search,

and seizure under the laws of this state as to felony offenses only:

(1) a special agent of the Federal Bureau of

Investigation;

(2) a special agent of the Secret Service;

(3) a special agent of United States Immigration and

Customs Enforcement;

(4) a special agent of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,

Firearms and Explosives;

(5) a special agent of the United States Drug

Enforcement Administration;

(6) an inspector of the United States Postal

Inspection Service;

(7) a special agent of the Criminal Investigation

Division of the Internal Revenue Service;

(8) a civilian special agent of the United States

Naval Criminal Investigative Service;

(9) a marshal or deputy marshal of the United States

Marshals Service;

(10) a special agent of the United States Department

of State, Bureau of Diplomatic Security;

(11) a special agent of the Treasury Inspector General

for Tax Administration;

(12) a special agent of the Office of Inspector

General of the United States Social Security Administration;

(13) a special agent of the Office of Inspector

General of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs;

(14) a special agent of the Office of Inspector

General of the United States Department of Agriculture;

(15) a special agent of the Office of Export

Enforcement of the United States Department of Commerce;

(16) a special agent of the Criminal Investigation

Command of the United States Army;

(17) a special agent of the Office of Special

Investigations of the United States Air Force; [
and
]

(18) a police officer with the Office of Security and

Law Enforcement of the United States Department of Veterans

Affairs
;

(19)

a federal air marshal of the Transportation

Security Administration; and

(20)

a police officer or detective of the United

States Department of Defense, or any component agency of the United

States Department of Defense
.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives

a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as

provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this

Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this

Act takes effect September 1, 2025.