HB 3602

bill on who serves a blood draw warrant

Companion SB 1886 became law

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review

Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to the execution of a search warrant for taking a blood specimen from certain persons in certain intoxication offenses.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

Covers warrants served in the county next door to the issuing judge.

This bill changes who can carry out a warrant to draw blood from a person suspected of an intoxication offense such as drunk driving. It touches peace officers and people suspected of the listed intoxication offenses when the warrant is served in a county next to the one where a judge issued it. Any peace officer can now execute the warrant in an adjacent county, without the current requirement that the officer be authorized to make arrests in that county, for warrants issued on or after September 1, 2025.

Labels

Labels: ACROSS THE AISLE. Joint authors: 1 Republican, 1 Democrat. Party as the Legislative Reference Library lists it for the 89th Legislature.

Receipt

The receipt

89R-HB3602 · 2025-03-03

SOLD BY

Rep. AJ LouderbackRHouse 30

Rep. Cassandra Garcia HernandezDHouse 115

ITEM

relating to the execution of a search warrant for taking a blood specimen from certain persons in certain intoxication offenses.

WHAT IT DOES

Covers warrants served in the county next door to the issuing judge.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · April 7, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

HISTORY

Mar 3, 2025Filed
Mar 25, 2025Read first time
Mar 25, 2025Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence
Apr 8, 2025Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
Apr 8, 2025Considered in public hearing
Apr 8, 2025Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
Apr 8, 2025Left pending in committee
Apr 22, 2025Considered in public hearing
Apr 22, 2025Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
Apr 25, 2025Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
Apr 25, 2025Committee report distributed
Apr 28, 2025Committee report sent to Calendars
May 5, 2025Considered in Calendars
May 7, 2025Placed on General State Calendar
May 7, 2025Read 2nd time
May 7, 2025Postponed 5/12/25 10:00 AM
May 12, 2025Companion considered in lieu of SB 1886
May 12, 2025Laid on the table subject to call

FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

No flags

THANK YOU FOR CHECKING THE RECEIPT

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

AJ Louderback

Donors

Texans for Truth and Liberty PAC$50K Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$28K Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$25K

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

Derived itemized flow · Oct 27, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Texans for Truth and Liberty PAC$50,000.00

Texans for Truth and Liberty PAC

$50,000.00

Cash: $50,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $50,000.00

Also funds 44 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jun 24, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 26, 2025 to Oct 6, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101009033, 101071885.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC$27,500.00

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$27,500.00

Cash: $27,500.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $27,500.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 9, 2024 to Oct 5, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100988974, 101009033, 101059497, 101071885.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC$25,000.00

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$25,000.00

Cash: $25,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $25,000.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 30, 2026 to Oct 7, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101071885.

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

Texans for Truth and Liberty PAC

$50,000.00

Cash: $50,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $50,000.00

Also funds 44 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jun 24, 2025 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Jun 26, 2025 to Oct 6, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101009033, 101071885.

Texas Trial Lawyers Association PAC

$27,500.00

Cash: $27,500.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $27,500.00

Also funds 137 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 24, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Dec 9, 2024 to Oct 5, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 100988974, 101009033, 101059497, 101071885.

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC

$25,000.00

Cash: $25,000.00
Paid by others: $0.00
Total: $25,000.00

Also funds 124 other sitting lawmakers.

Derived recipient stock · Jul 10, 2024 to Oct 23, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

TEC account match.

Team

Sources

Derived itemized flow · Sep 30, 2026 to Oct 7, 2026. State data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived itemized contributions on live regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Internal account transfers and daily reports are excluded.

Report IDs: 101071885.

Votes

No floor vote loaded for this bill.

Witnesses14

For: 12
Against: 2
On: 0

Names

For

Addison Police Department1 registration
Be A Blake Foundation1 registration
Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT)1 registration
Dallas Police Associatiom1 registration
Harris County Deputies' Organization FOP#391 registration
Houston Police Department1 registration
Self1 registration
Self; Houston Police Officers’ Union1 registration
Self; HPROA1 registration
Sheriffs’ Association of Texas (SAT)1 registration
Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA)1 registration
Texas Police Chiefs Association1 registration

Against

Self2 registrations

Sources

14 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.

House witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Fiscal

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · April 7, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas House · Filed Mar 3, 2025

05/12/2025 H Laid on the table subject to call

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · House Committee Report

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

House committee · Criminal Jurisprudence · Committee vote 8 aye, 0 nay, 3 absent · Out of committee

Companion

SB 1886 by Sparks (identical)

Subjects

Alcoholism & Drug Abuse

Vehicles & Traffic--DWI & DUID

BLOOD & MEDICAL TESTS

SEARCH WARRANTS

Text

The text as introduced · 223 words

89R14394 RDR-D

By: Louderback
H.B. No. 3602

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the execution of a search warrant for taking a blood

specimen from certain persons in certain intoxication offenses.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Article 18.067, Code of Criminal Procedure, is

amended to read as follows:

Art. 18.067. EXECUTION OF WARRANT FOR BLOOD SPECIMEN IN

INTOXICATION OFFENSE. Notwithstanding any other law, a warrant

issued under Article 18.02(a)(10) to collect a blood specimen from

a person suspected of committing an intoxication offense under

Section 49.04, 49.045, 49.05, 49.06, 49.061, 49.065, 49.07, or

49.08, Penal Code, may be executed by any peace officer [ :

[ (1) ] in any county adjacent to the county in which the

warrant was issued[ ; and

[ (2) by any law enforcement officer authorized to make

an arrest in the county of execution ].

SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only

to a search warrant issued on or after the effective date of this

Act. A search warrant issued before the effective date of this Act

is governed by the law in effect on the date the warrant was issued,

and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.