HB1426 - Relating to a prohibition on the issuance or enforcement of a search warrant, subpoena, or other court order for certain menstrual health data.

  89R3365 AJZ-D     By: Bucy H.B. No. 1426       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a prohibition on the issuance or enforcement of a search   warrant, subpoena, or other court order for certain menstrual   health data.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 18, Code of Criminal Procedure, is   amended by adding Article 18.0216 to read as follows:           Art.   18.0216.     MENSTRUAL HEALTH DATA: SEARCH AND SEIZURE   PROHIBITED. (a) In this article, "menstrual health data" means any   information, recorded in any format, that is created or received by   an entity and that relates to or is used to determine, predict, or   estimate an individual's past, present, or future menstrual health   or menstrual cycles.           (b)     Notwithstanding Article 18.02 or any other provision of   this code, a magistrate may not issue a search warrant, subpoena, or   other court order, and a law enforcement agency may not serve,   execute, or otherwise enforce a search warrant, subpoena, or other   court order for purposes of searching for, seizing, or ordering the   production of the menstrual health data of an individual, including   data stored on a computer, computer network, or other device   containing electronic or digital information.           (c)     Menstrual health data obtained in violation of this   article and expert testimony related to the data are inadmissible   in a criminal action.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.