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  89R3230 SRA-D     By: Dutton H.B. No. 2352       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to requiring wireless telephone service providers and   mobile device manufacturers to disable certain stolen mobile   devices.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subtitle A, Title 10, Business & Commerce Code,   is amended by adding Chapter 307 to read as follows:   CHAPTER 307.   DISABLING STOLEN MOBILE DEVICES           Sec. 307.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:                 (1)     "Authorized customer" means, with respect to a   mobile device:                       (A)     the person who holds the commercial wireless   telephone service account for the device; or                       (B)     if the device is a phone for which particular   amounts of service are purchased in advance, the person who owns the   phone.                 (2)     "Mobile device" means a handheld mobile device   that:                       (A)     is designed to enable the user to engage in   voice communications using a commercial wireless telephone   service;                       (B)     is capable of operating on a long-term   evolution network or successor wireless data network communication   standard; and                       (C)     may possess capabilities that include   built-in applications, Internet access, Internet browsing, digital   voice service, text messaging, and e-mail.           Sec.   307.002.     DISABLING SERVICE TO STOLEN MOBILE DEVICES.     (a)   A provider of wireless telephone services in this state may not   knowingly provide services on a mobile device that the provider   knows or has reason to believe is stolen.           (b)     On receipt of notification from an authorized customer   that a mobile device has been stolen, a provider of wireless   telephone services shall suspend or otherwise cease providing   wireless telephone services to the device.           Sec.   307.003.     DISABLING STOLEN MOBILE DEVICES. A   manufacturer of a mobile device to be sold in this state shall equip   the device or allow the device to be equipped with technology that   permits an authorized customer who reports the device stolen to   render the device inoperable.          SECTION 2.  Section 307.003, Business & Commerce Code, as   added by this Act, applies only to a mobile device manufactured on   or after the effective date of this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.