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.