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  89R15755 CJD-D     By: Shofner H.B. No. 4357       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to requiring a search warrant to obtain or use certain   purchase information in a criminal action.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 18, Code of Criminal Procedure, is   amended by adding Article 18.25 to read as follows:           Art.   18.25.     WARRANT REQUIRED FOR USE OF CERTAIN PURCHASE   INFORMATION. (a) In this section, "firearm" has the meaning   assigned by Section 46.01, Penal Code.           (b)     A search warrant is required to obtain or use, in a   criminal investigation or prosecution, a record of a bank account   or credit or debit card relating to the sale of a firearm or   ammunition.           (c)     A search warrant under this article may be issued only   by a judge, including a judge of a statutory county court, in the   same judicial district as the site of the law enforcement agency   that employs the peace officer who is applying for the warrant.           (d)     A judge may issue a search warrant under this article   only on the application of a peace officer. An application must be   in writing and signed and sworn to or affirmed before the judge.   The application must:                 (1)     state the name, department, agency, and address of   the applicant;                 (2)  identify the record to be searched for and seized;                 (3)     state the name of the individual whose activity is   described by the record;                 (4)     state the judicial district in which the law   enforcement agency that employs the peace officer is located; and                 (5)     state the facts and circumstances that provide the   applicant with probable cause to believe that:                       (A)     criminal activity has been, is, or will be   committed; and                       (B)     the record is likely to produce evidence in   the investigation of the criminal activity described in Paragraph   (A).           (e)     A record acquired without a search warrant under this   article is not admissible in a criminal action.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.