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  89R14867 EAS-D     By: Lowe H.B. No. 3417       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the confidentiality of administrative subpoenas for   offenses that involve the Internet-based sexual exploitation of a   minor.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 422.003, Government Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (b-1) and amending Subsection (c) to read as   follows:           (b-1)     If the prosecuting attorney or officer of an ICAC task   force issuing a subpoena under Subsection (b) determines that any   of the following disclosures could significantly impede or   jeopardize the investigation, the subpoena may provide that the   electronic communication service or remote computing service to   which the subpoena is directed may not:                 (1)  disclose that the subpoena has been issued;                 (2)     identify or describe any records or other   documentation requested in the subpoena; or                 (3)     disclose whether records or other documentation   has been provided in response to the subpoena.          (c)  A subpoena under Subsection (b) must:                (1)  describe any objects or items to be produced;   [ and ]                (2)  prescribe a reasonable return date by which those   objects or items must be assembled and made available ; and                 (3)     if applicable, state the determination of the   prosecuting attorney or officer of an ICAC task force described by   Subsection (b-1) .          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to a subpoena issued on or after the effective date of this Act.  A   subpoena issued before the effective date of this Act is governed by   the law in effect on the date the subpoena was issued, and the   former law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.