HB626 - Relating to granting limited state law enforcement authority to certain federal law enforcement officers.

  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.